Four killed in road accidents

At least four people were killed in separate road accidents in Rajbari and Jhenaidah districts on Thursday.

In Rajbari two cousins returning to their respective homes from Dhaka to celebrate Eid with their families in Jhenaidah died after a three-wheel vehicle they were travelling in overturned early morning.

The deceased were identified as Azizur Rahman, 22, and Matiur Rahman, 35, of Shailakupa upazila of Jhenaidah district. Four other occupants of the commercial vehicle, including its driver, sustained injuries in the road accident.

The accident occurred around 5.15 am on Rajbari-Kushtia Road when the vehicle with the six occupants overturned after the driver lost control, leaving the cousins dead on the spot and the others injured, said sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station, Moazzem Hossain.

The injured have been hospitalised, he said. “The vehicle has been seized and the driver arrested.”

In Jhenaidah two fish traders died after a pickup van in which they were travelling crashed into a truck parked along the busy Jhenaidah-Kaliganj highway in the early hours of Thursday.

The deceased were identified as Ohiduzzaman and Lutfar Rahman.