At least four people were killed in road accidents in Tangail and Natore districts yesterday.
Our Tangail correspondent reports: Three people were killed and one was injured as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch in Achhimtala area on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Mirzapur upazila.
The deceased were identified as Shajahan, 50, son of Moslem Khan under Kandipara village of Munshiganj Sadar upazila, Rafikul Islam,65, son of Meraj Uddin Sheikh under Bikrampur village in Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj district and Ratan Dhali, 45, son of Nandur Dhali of Nao Duba village in Sariatpur district.
Gorai Highway police station Officer-in-Charge Humayun Kabir said the accident had taken place when a Sirajganj-bound CI sheet-laden truck coming from Dhaka fell into a roadside ditch in the area as its driver lost control over the steering around 5am. The trio, who were in the truck, died on the spot while one was injured.
A youth was crushed under the wheels of a trolley in Lalpur upazila of Natore district in the morning. The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam,28, son of Nazrul Islam of Boro-Badkoya village in the upazila, said our correspondent.
Abdul Hai Talukder, officer-in-charge of Lalpur police station said Shahidul was going to Iswardi Bazar from Lalpur for an auto-charger around 9am by trolley. At one stage, he fell on the road and the three wheeler ran over him leaving dead on the spot.