At least 11 people were killed in separate road accidents in Mymensingh and Chattogram districts on Tuesday.
Mymensingh
At least four persons were killed and 20 others injured in a triangular collision among three vehicles near Shikarikanda area in Mymensingh in the morning, reports our correspondent.
Officer-in-Charge of Mymensingh Model Police Station Shah Kamal Akanda said the accident occurred around 12.30 am on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway when a bus hit a CNG-run three wheeler and a pickup van from behind while trying to overtake.
"The pickup van overturned beside the road and the bus rammed into a roadside divider after hitting it. Two persons died on the spot while two others died on their way to the hospital," he added.
Police and fire service members rescued the injured and sent them to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH). However, the police could not identify the victims immediately.
The bodies have been kept at the MMCH morgue for autopsy, the official said.
Chattogram
At least seven people were dead and three were injured in a collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram in the morning, reports UNB.
The identities of the victims could not be known immediately, said Moniruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Hathazari Police Station.
The accident occurred around 12 pm in the Charia Board School area of Hathazari.
Witnesses said that seven people died on the spot when the Chattogram-bound bus collided with a Fatikchhari-bound auto-rickshaw on Hathazari-Fatikchhari regional highway.
On information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies, said the OC.
The injured were sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, he added.
