At least six people including two young boys were killed in separate road accidents in the capital yesterday.
Tarek Hossain, 13, died after being hit by a human hauler around 12:10am. He used to work at Hotel Utshab in Dhanmondi area. Co-worker Billal Hossain admitted Tarek to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) immediately after the incident.
Around 4pm, a five-year-old boy named Ratul died after a pick-up van hit him while he was playing in the street near his house in Gulbagh area. The DMCH on-duty doctor declared him dead after his father Monir Hossain, a plastic product seller, took him there nearly an hour later.
In another incident, Md Foyez, 45, a salesman of Unilever Bangladesh, came under a bus of Turag Paribahan while crossing a road at the Jatrabari intersection around 10am. He died on the spot. Locals took him to DMCH from where his relatives received the body.
Around 5:45am, Md Faisal Hossain Fazal, driver of a bus of Bahan Paribahan, was hit by another bus while he was boarding onto his bus to start a trip. The accident took place in front of Khidma Hospital in Khilgaon area.
Faisal, son of Abul Hossain Sheikh, was a resident of Pallabi area. Locals rushed him to DMCH around 7:15am.
The dead bodies of a male and a female were found on railway tracks in the capital yesterday, but their identities could not be confirmed, said Tongi Railway police camp Sub-Inspector Ali Akbar.
The body of the woman aged around 30 was spotted in Kawla area near Kuril Bishwa Road around 7:50am. The railway police recovered the body and took it to DMCH.
Around 7:30am, locals spotted the body of a man aged around 36 lying beside the railway tracks in the airport area and informed the police.
The woman was wearing a red dress while the man was wearing a black and white shirt, said the SI.