A total of 11 people were killed in three separate road accidents in Dinajpur and Mymensingh districts on Monday, report agencies.
A BRTC bus has ploughed into a small passenger vehicle on the Dinajpur-Thakurgaon highway, killing six people, mostly from two families.
The Rangpur-bound BRTC bus collided head-on with the van on the highway around 2:45pm on Monday, said Abdul Matin, chief of Birganj Police Station.
The driver of the van and another person were critically wounded and rushed to the hospital in Birganj. They were pronounced dead by a doctor there.
The dead were identified as Nasrin Begum, 45, her daughter Rupa, 08, Abul Hossain, 55, his wife Asma Khatun, 45, and their daughter Namia, 8. The sixth dead person was the van driver who was yet to be identified.
After the collision, the BRTC bus veered into a roadside ditch as the driver and his aide fled the scene.
Hundreds of local people then blocked the road, obstructing traffic for two hours before police brought the situation back to normal.
Meanwhile, at least five people lost their lives in two separate road accidents in Nandail and Bhaluka upazilas in Mymensingh district.
Nandail Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Manjurul Haque said three people were killed as a truck ran over an auto-rickshaw in the Nandail Merenga Chakmati area.
The deceased were identified as Hanif Mia, 22, son of Faizul Mia of Singrail Union, Nayan Mia, son of Ramzan Ali of Kendua Upazila, and Arif Mia, 25, son of Renu Mia. Police have recovered the bodies of the victims.
On the other hand, two brothers were killed in a head-on collision between a covered-van and private car in Bhaluka upazila of the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, Bhaluka Highway Police SI Hadiul Islam confirmed it.
The deceased were identified as Morshed Tushar, 32, and his brother Jaber Morshed Akash, 30. They were sons of Monjur Morshed at Kalabanda village under Islampur upazila in Jamalpur district.
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