Two people, including a student of Notre Dame College, have been killed in separate road accidents in Gazipur.
The deceased are Zakir Hossain, 17, a first year student of Notre Dame College and son of Abul Hoassain, of Brahmanbaria, and former UP member Ahsan Ullah Sarker, 50, of Gazipur Sadar upazila.
Tongi police station SI Nazmul Haq said: “A speedy driven bus ran Zakir over in Tongi College Gate area around 6am Wednesday while he was crossing the road.
“Critically injured Zakir was taken to Bangladesh Medical College Hospital. Later, he was shifted to United Hospital, where he died.”
The Bus has been seized and the driver was arrested, said the police.
On the other hand, a truck ran Ahsan Ullah over on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway around 11:30pm Tuesday while he was returning home, said Noujor Highway police outpost SI MD Kawser.
“He succumbed to his injuries at Shaheed Taj Uddin Medical College Hospital early Wednesday.”