At least seven people, including an autorickshaw driver, died in a head-on collision between a speeding bus and a CNG-run autorickshaw in Alalpur area of Mymensingh Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon, according to police.
The identities of the victims could not be known immediately, said Md Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge (investigation), Kotwali Model Police Station.
He said the accident happened around 12:00 pm when the bus crashed into the autorickshaw coming from the opposite direction on the Mymensingh-Sherpur regional road in the Alalpur area, leaving all seven dead on the spot.
All the victims except the driver were passengers in the autorickshaw, he said.
Details about the fatal accident would be shared later, the police officer added.
In Sylhet, two people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a tractor and a CNG-run autorickshaw in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet on Thursday evening.
Deceased Nazrul Islam, 50, and Jasir Uddin, 65, were residents of Korni and Lengura villages respectively of the upazila.
Five of the injured are Alim Uddin, 40, Rahmatullah, 30, his son Raihan, 10, Jasim Uddin, 28, and Marjahan Ahmad, 30.
Locals said some people were returning to Upazila sadar from a waz mahfil (religious gathering) from Laughut area by the autorickshaw.
The accident happened around 6:30 pm when the tractor crashed into the autorickshaw coming from the opposite direction in Purnanagar area, leaving nine people including the autorickshaw driver injured.
Of them, Nazrul breathed his last on the way to a hospital while Jasir succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment, they said.
Gowainghat police station Officer-in-Charge Rafiqul Islam confirmed the matter saying that legal actions would be taken in this regard.
The injured were undergoing treatment at several hospitals, he added.
In Lalmonirhat, a 37-year-old man died after a speeding truck ran him over in Aditmari upazila last night.
The deceased was Sirajul Islam, the son of Abdul Miah of Saftibari Chowratari village of the upazila.
Aditmari Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mahmud-Un-Nabi confirmed the matter, saying that the accident occurred on Thursday night when the truck hit the pedestrian on his way home in the Khatapara area, leaving him dead on the spot.
Trucker Rahmat Ali, 27, was detained in this connection, he added.
Besides, in Faridpur, a motorcyclist died and another person was injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a motorcycle on the Faridpur-Bhanga highway in Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur on Friday.
The incident happened as the Dhaka-bound Golden Line bus collided head-on with the motorcycle coming from the other side at the Mashaujan area of the Talma intersection of the upazila around 8:00 am on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam, 24, a resident of Keshnagar in the Gerda Union of Sadar upazila of Faridpur. The injured is Eklas Uddin Sheikh.
Nagarkanda Fire Service Station Officer Md Shariful Islam confirmed the matter.
The bus also caught fire following the collision, and later, Nagarkanda Fire Service rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control, he said.
