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At least nine people were killed and many others were injured in separate road accidents in Cumilla, Chapainawabganj and Barishal on Saturday.
In Cumilla
A bus smashed an auto-rickshaw at Monohorgonj upazila in Cumilla district that left four passengers dead, reports our Cumilla correspondent.
The accident happened at about 10:30am on the Cumilla-Noakhali regional highway.
The deceased were identified as Md Shahadat Hossain, 30, the driver of the CNG, Md Rafi, 23, and Md Yasin, 30, the passengers. All of them hail from Noakhali district.
A bus of Himachal Paribahan from Noakhali to Dhaka rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Natherpetua Puraton Bazar area, leaving three auto-rickshaw passengers dead on the scene and four others injured, said Natherpetua police outpost in-achrge Md Jafar.
Severely wounded four were taken to Cumilla Medical College Hospital where one more succumbed to his injuries.
The identities of the dead could not be known immediately, the police officer said.
In Chapainawabganj
Two people were killed and two others injured as a three wheeler was hit by a truck in Kansat Bazar in Chapainawabganj’s Shibganj upazila, reports UNB.
The deceased were identified as Harun ,26 of Pardilalpur area of the upazila and Renuara Begum ,55, wife of Abu Sayed of Dhobra area.
Shibganj Fire Service acting station officer Siraj Uddin said, the Sonamasjid land port-bound truck hit the three wheeler while it was waiting for passengers on the road, leaving two passengers dead and two others injured.
Shibganj police station OC Farid Hossain said, on information police went to the spot and sent the bodies to the morgue after recovering those.
In Barishal
Three teenage boys were killed when a bus rammed into their motorcycle on the Dopdopia Bridge of Barishal city, said our correspondent.
The deceased were identified as Siam, 19, Chayan Das, 19, and Rabbi, 17. All of them were tenth-grade students of Bakerganj JSU High School.
