Two killed, 25 hurt in road accidents
Friday, 23 May 2014
SUNAMGANJ, May 22 (UNB): A minor girl was killed and three other people were injured in a road accident in Monar Bhangti area of Jagannathpur upazila on Wednesday evening.
The deceased was identified as Liza Begum, 5, daughter of Delwar Miah of Biswanath upazila.
UNB reports from Bogra: A police constable was killed as a truck crushed into him on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Kaliakoir upazila on Thursday morning.
The deceased, identified as Salamat Hossain, 50, hailed from Pathuli village in Basail upazila of Tangail district.
Sources at Kaliakoir Police Station said the Bogra-bound moving truck from Dhaka hit constable Salamat at Chandra intersection around 7:30am while he was performing his duties on the highway, leaving him dead on the spot.
Another report from Chuadanga says: At least 25 people were injured in a road accident in Bhalaipur area of Sadar upazila on Wednesday afternoon.
Witnesses said the accident took place when a Chuadanga-bound speeding bus from Meherpur ploughed through a fish market in the area around 3:00pm, leaving 25 people injured.