Pabna & Madaripur Correspondents
At least four people were killed and six others were injured in two separate road accidents in Pabna and Madaripur on Friday.
In Paban, two people were killed and three others injured as a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Pabna-Sujanagar road in Pabna Sadar upazila in the morning.
The deceased were identified as Jhontu Kundu, 60, and Arifa Khatun, 40, both passengers of the auto-rickshaw.
In-charge of Dublia Police Camp Md Shafiul Alam said that the Sujanagar-bound coal-laden truck reached Dublia Bazar area and hit the three-wheeler coming from the opposite side around 8:30am killing Jhontu and Arifa on the spot.
Three other passengers of the auto-rickshaw were critically injured and rushed to the Pabna General Hospital, he added.
Police seized the truck but are yet to catch the driver and helper, the police official also said that vehicular movement on the Pabna-Sujanagar road remained halted for around one hour since the accident.
In Madaripur, two passengers were killed and three others critically injured after an ambulance fell into a roadside ditch in Shibchar upazila of the district on Friday noon.
The deceased were identified as Khadiza Begum, 50, wife of Anwar Hossain from Purba Bamura village in Uzirpur upazila of Barisal, and Mehedi Hossain, 17, son of Jalal Mia from the same village.
According to locals, the accident took place about 12:00 pm when Khadiza Begum and her family was travelling to Dhaka for treatment by an ambulance. As the vehicle reached Kutubpur area, the driver lost control over steering and drove the vehicle off the road to a roadside ditch. Two passengers died on the spot.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Shibchar highway police station Sohrab Ahmed Majumdar said that on information, police visited the accident spot. The injured were taken to Panchar Royal Hospital in the upazila.