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At least six people were killed and 17 others injured in separate road crashes in Cumilla, Jhalakathi and Magura districts.
In Cumilla, two people were killed and two were injured after a bus rammed into a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Daudkandi upazila Friday morning.
The deceased were identified as Yakub Ali, 30, son of Billal Hossain at Malikhil village in Daudkandi upazila, and Jotsna Begum, 55, wife of Abul Kashem in Chhotana village of Devidwar upazila.
Md Jahangir Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Daudkandi Highway Police Station, said a Cumilla-bound bus of Tisha Paribahan hit the auto-rickshaw in Dighirpar area on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway around 11:30 am, leaving Jotsna Begum dead on the spot.
Yakub Ali died on the way to the hospital, added the OC.
In Jhalakathi two people were killed and at least 15 hurt on the Barishal-Patharghata highway Friday morning as a BRTC bus crashed into a tree in Rajapur upazila, the police said.
The deceased were identified as bus passenger Md Parvez, 35, and supervisor Md Mehedi, 45. Further details about them could not immediately be known.
Pulik Chandra Roy, officer-in-charge (OC) of Rajapur Police Station, said the accident occurred around 9:45am in the Kanudashkathi area after the Patharghata-bound bus hit a tree by the roadside following an altercation between the driver and the supervisor.
The injured were taken to Bhandaria Upazila Health Complex and Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.
"On information, police and the fire service rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies. Legal action will be taken in connection with the accident," the OC said.
Two motorcyclists were killed in a road accident after being crushed by the wheels of a truck in front of Dawood Munsi Rice Mill area of Arpara Bazar under Shalikha upazila of the district Thursday night, police said.
The deceased were identified as Shahabur Rahman, 40, son of Nur Mohammad, and Shakib Ahmed, 27, son of Shamimur Rahman, both hailed from Junari village of Shalikha upazila.
