Road accidents claim 13 lives across country

At least 13 people have been killed and nine others injured in separate road accidents across the country. The accidents occurred between Thursday and Friday.

In Brahmanbaria, three people, identified as Jahangir Mia, 35, Mahfuz Mia, 32, and Amzad, 30, were killed and two others injured while the three-wheeler they were in collided head-on with a truck in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria early on Friday

morning.

The accident occurred around 6 am on the highway near the Boishamura area when four brick kiln workers were on their way to their plant in the auto, said Md Shahjalala Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Shahbajpur bus stand highway police station.

In Chandpur, a young man named Osman Gani was killed in a road accident on Thursday. The accident occurred near the Badarpur area on the Hajiganj-Kachua-Gouripur road of Hajiganj upazila.

The injured Arif,17, and Rony,17 are being treated at a hospital, said Harun Ur Rashid, OC of Hajiganj police

station.

In Natore, two people, including a 10-year-old child, were killed in two separate road accidents in Gurudaspur upazila of Natore district on Thursday.

OC of Gurudaspur police station, Abdul Motin said that 10-year-old Sabbir was hit by a motorcycle near the Nayapara area of the upazila and died on the spot.

In another incident, Sanowarul Islam, 23, was run over by a speeding bus in Nayabazar area of the upazila.

In Dinajpur, an eight-year-old girl, Sumaiya, died after being hit by a tractor while returning home after attending Victory Day celebrations in her school in Dinajpur on Thursday.

The accident occurred around 11.30am in the busy Ghughuratoli area of the district’s Chirirbandar upazila, confirmed OC of the Chirirbandar police station, Subrata Kusar.

In Faridpur, a grandmother and her granddaughter were killed in a head-on collision between a pick-up and an easy bike at Nagarkanda area of the district on Thursday. Five more passengers were injured in the incident.

The deceased were identified as Nabirun Nesa, 56, of Kumarpatti village in Salthar upazila, and Moina Akter, 17, daughter of Rafiq Sheikh, confirmed Sub-Inspector (SI), Shah Alam of Bhanga highway police station.

In Mymensingh, a couple on a motorcycle have died after being hit by a sand truck in Trishal on Thursday.

The deceased were identified as Emdadul Haque, 35, of Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia, and his wife Nargis Akter, confirmed Trishal police station OC (Investigation) Abu Bakar Siddique.

In Khulna, a man named Al Amin was killed in a road accident in front of Nurnagar Passport Office on Thursday, confirmed Sonadanga police station SI Al Amin.