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Three killed, 27 injured in separate road accidents

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16 May 2023 12:11:31 | Update: 16 May 2023 17:43:43
Three killed, 27 injured in separate road accidents

Two farm workers were dead and 12 people were injured as a truck carrying them fell into a roadside ditch after overturning on Khulna-Satkhira Highway in Tala upazila of Satkhira on early hours of Tuesday morning, said police.

The deceased are Suman Hossain, 35, and Abul Hossain, 46 of Shyamnagar upazila in the district.

Of the injured, only three could be identified as Farida Khatun, Arafat Hossain Mithu and Eshar Ali.

Taposh Kumar Das, who also sustained injuries in the accident and received treatment from Satkhira Sadar Hospital, said a total of 24 workers including him went to Shariatpur for harvesting paddy a few days back.

On Monday night, all the workers were returning home on a truck loaded with paddy as they got those as wages, he said.

The accident happened around 5:15am when the truck fell into the roadside ditch after overturning in front of Kumira Women's College on the highway, he said, adding that the helper was driving the vehicle despite their objection.

Khulna-Satkhira Highway police station Officer-in-Charge Shawkat Hossain said the accident left Suman dead on the spot and 13 others critically injured.

On information, members of a nearby fire station rushed to the spot, recovered the body from beneath the truck, and sent the injured to several hospitals including the Sadar Hospital, he said.

Injured Abul Hossain succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, the OC said, adding that the truck was seized but its driver and helper managed to flee.

Ten workers who sustained minor injuries returned home later, the police officer added.

1 dead, 15 injured in Chuadanga

Meanwhile, a supervisor of a bus was dead and 15 people, including a fire service worker, were injured as the vehicle fell into a roadside ditch while overtaking another bus on Chuadanga-Jhenaidah Highway early Tuesday, said a fire service official.

The deceased, Sagar, 25, was son of Babu Hossain of Islam Bazarpara under Chuadanga’s Darshana upazila. Sagar was the supervisor of the Purbasha Paribahan bus.

Among the bus passengers who sustained injuries are Alamin, 24, Shahabul Islam, 60, Miraj, 22, Nahid, 35, Golam Azam, 57, Meherun, 30, Shariful Islam, 28, Taki, 23, and the firefighter Hossain Ali.

Jahangir Alam, a station officer of Chuadanga Fire Service and Civil Defence, said the accident occurred around 12am when the Dhaka-bound bus of Purbasha Paribahan from Chuadanga fell into the roadside ditch while overtaking another bus on the highway in front of Ratul Market at Borai village under Sadar upazila of the district.

The impact of the accident left the supervisor dead on the spot and 14 passengers injured, he said.

On information, two firefighting units including one from Jhenaidah rushed to the spot and recovered the body from the bus, and sent the injured to several hospitals after rescuing them, he said.

He also said that firefighter Hossain Ali sustained injuries while bringing out the injured from the bus.

Dr Abdul Quader, a physician at the emergency department of Chuadanga Sadar Hospital, said six injured were brought to the hospital and five of them were discharged after receiving treatment.

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