Road crashes kill two in Manikganj

MANIKGANJ, Jul 13 (UNB): Two people were killed and 14 others injured in two separate road accidents in Manikganj district on Thursday, police said.
Mizanur Rahman, a truck driver, was killed when his vehicle had a head-on collision with a bus in Muljal area of Sadar upazila, said Abdur Rouf, officer-in-charge of Sadar thana.
Ten passengers of the bus were injured in the accident that occurred on Dhaka-Aricha highway at 12 pm, he said. The Nilachal Paribahan passenger bus was travelling to Dhaka when it clashed with the Paturia-bound cargo truck.
Driver Rahman came from Dakshin Joynagar of Daulatkhan Upazila of Bhola district, said police. He died on the spot.
In another accident, a laborer named Hriday Mia (18) died when a cargo pickup van fell into a ditch in the Taltala area of Shaesta Union of Singair upazila around 8 am on Thursday.