Ten killed in road accidents

At least 10 people were killed and over 20 others injured in separate road accidents in Cox’s Bazar, Panchagarh, Pirojpur and Rangamati districts.

In Cox’s Bazar, a truck driver and his helper were killed after the vehicle overturned at Chakaria upazila of the district early Saturday.

The deceased were identified as driver Ershad Mondol, 38, son of late Ayub Ali of Shailkupa in Jhenaidah and his helper Md Sibbir Ahmed Maruf, 19, son of Abdur Razzak of Jaflong area in Sylhet.

Chiringa Highway Police Station Sub Inspector Khokon Rudro said a cement-laden truck overturned after hitting the railing of Uttar Harbang Kolatoli 12 no bridge at Harbang in Chakaria around 5:30am. The truck driver and helper were injured and brought to Chakaria Upazila Health Complex where the doctors declared them dead.

The vehicle was recovered and taken into custody. A legal process is underway in this regard, police confirmed.

In Panchagarh, a senior nurse of Debiganj Upazila Health Complex was killed in a road accident at Lakkirhat area on the Debiganj-Boda highway of the district on Saturday.

The deceased was identified as Kumti Rani Ray, 30, wife of Pritimoy Kumar Barman, a resident of Pamuli village of the upazila.

The accident took place in the area around 2 pm when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided head-on with a microbus, leaving CNG passenger Kumti Rani dead on the spot, said Debiganj Police Station Officer-in-Charge Jamal Hossein.

In Pirojpur, five people were killed when a bus collided head-on with a locally-made motorised vehicle at Shankarpasha of Sadar upazila on Friday.

The deceased were identified as Shahin Mallik, 18, son of Al-Amin Mallik, Yeasin Mina, 22, son of Abul Hossain Mina, both were residents of Bagerhat’s Morrelganj upazila, Md. Badsha, 17, Shahin Molla, 20, Shabbir Hossain, 21, all three were residents of Bagerhat’s Kachua upazila.

Locals said a group of 18 people were going to Bhandaria area of the district to provide catering service (food serving) at a wedding program by a locally-made motorised vehicle from Kachua upazila of Bagerhat district.

When the motor vehicle came near the Shankarpasha area, a wheel of the vehicle blasted and collided with a bus coming from the opposite direction, leaving two dead on the spot.

AZM Masuduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Pirojpur Sadar Police Station, said that police recovered three bodies in the incident so far and seized the bus and motorised vehicle. Legal actions are under processing in this regard, said the OC.

In Rangamati, two people were killed and at least 20 others were injured as a bus carrying a group of picnic-goers overturned in Manikchari area of the district Friday evening.

The identities of the two deceased couldn't be known immediately.