Sylhet, Ctg road accidents kill four

A total of four persons were killed in separate road accidents in Sylhet and Chattogram districts on Saturday and Friday night, reports bdnews24.com
In Sylhet, an elderly couple are among three dead after a head-on collision between a pickup van and an autorickshaw in Golapganj upazila of Sylhet on Saturday.
At least four others were injured in the accident that took place in the upazila's Ranaping area around 9 am on Saturday, according to Golapganj Police Station chief Rafiqul Islam.
The dead have been identified as Lutfur Rahman, 70, his wife Jolly Begum, 60, and the autorickshaw driver Yunus Mia, 35.
The CNG autorickshaw was heading towards Sylhet when a pickup van ploughed into from the opposite direction, said Rafiqul. The three-wheeler was wrecked on impact, while the pickup van overturned and fell into a roadside ditch.
"Three people died on the spot," said Rafiqul.
The four people who were injured in the incident have been admitted to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital.
In Chattogram, a Chattogram University teacher has died in a road traffic accident while returning home on his scooter.
Citing locals, police said a car hit the scooter of Aftab Hossain, an assistant professor of zoology, near the No.1 gate of the university around 11:45pm on Friday.
The 41-year-old lived at the teachers' dormitory on the campus, said Assistant Proctor Shahidul Islam.
Aftab's brother Mahtab Hossain said that locals rushed Aftab to Chattogram Medical College Hospital where the duty doctor declared him dead.
Kamrul Azam, chief of Rauzan Highway Police Station, said that locals caught the driver of the car, Masud Parvez, and handed him to police.