At least 10 people were killed and 11 others injured in three separate road accidents in Pabna, Rajshahi, Faridpur and Moulovibazar on Saturday and Friday.
BSS writes from Pabna, two officials of Export Processing Zone (EPZ) were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on the Dashuria-Kushtia highway in Kolerkandi area under Ishwardi upazila of the district Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Amit Kumar Kundu, 40, son of Subrata Kumar Kundu, a resident of Radhanagar area under Pabna town, and Nasim Hossain, 45, son of Abdur Rauf of Sheikhpara village under Muladali union of Ishwardi. They were officers of Renesa Limited in Ishwardi EPZ.
The accident occurred when a passenger bus of S N Paribahan was going to Dashuria from Kushtia. On the way, it collided head-on with a microbus coming from the opposite direction around 8:30am this morning, leaving five seriously injured, in-charge of Pakshi Highway Police Outpost of Ishwardi Ashish Kumar Sanal, said.
UNB reports from Rajshahi: Two people including a child died and two others were injured after a bus hit a van they were riding in Rajshahi’s Mohanpur upazila on Saturday.
The deceased are van driver Siraj, 50, and Abdullah, 12, one of the passengers of the van.The injured are Abdullah’s father and sister- Abdul Kuddus, 40,, and Nazifa, 14.
Horidas Mondal, officer-in-charge of Mohanpur Police Station, said the Naogaon- bound bus lost control and crashed into the van at Shoipara around 12 pm, leaving the two dead on the spot.
Another report from Faridpur reports: Four people were killed and five others injured in a bus-Laguna collision in Faridpur's Bhanga Upazila.
Three of the deceased were identified as Mehedi Matubbar, 25, Hafizul Islam Habu, 40, and Sirajul Islam, 25. The accident occurred on Dhaka-Khulna highway on Friday evening.
Bhanga Highway Police Station Officer in Charge Abu Sayeed Md Khairul Anam said, the accident took place when a Dhaka-bound bus of Sohag Paribahan collided with a leguna coming from the opposite direction.
Two of the injured, Rani Bala, 60, and Pabitra Bala, 35, were taken to Faridpur Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College Hospital after their condition deteriorated.
Another report adds from Moulovibazar: Two people were killed and six others injured in a collision between a CNG-run autorickshaw and a minibus in Sadar upazila of Moulvibazar on Friday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as auto rickshaw driver Abas Miah, 65, a resident of Brahmanpara under Sadar upazila and passenger Madhu Miah, 60, of the same area.
The injured are Madhu Miah’s daughters Sumi Begum, 40, Meghna Begum, 42, granddaughters Mim Akhter, 18, Suma Begum, 12, Faiza, 3, and grandson Fahim, 12.
