Four people were killed in separate road accidents in Gazipur and Jamalpur yesterday.
Two people were killed and five others injured as a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Suryanarayanpur in Kapasia upazila yesterday.
The deceased were identified as Kabir Hossain, driver of the autorickshaw and its passenger Rashida Begum.
Ahsan Ullah, officer-in-charge of Kapasia Police Station, said the Dhaka-bound bus of ‘Ananya Paribahan’ from Kishoreganj hit the CNG run auto-rickshaw coming from the opposite direction, leaving the duo dead on the spot and five others injured. The injured were rushed to Kapasia Upazila Health Complex.
Police seized the bus but could not arrest its drive as he managed to flee the scene.
In Jamalpur, two motorcyclists, including an army man, were killed when a truck crushed into their vehicle at Badechandi on the Jamalpur-Mymensingh Highway in Sadar upazila.
The deceased were identified as Shahinur Islam,25, son of Mobarak Hossain, and Shahin Alam,24, son of Mohammad Ali, both residents of Rangamati village of the upazila.
Shahin Alam had posting at Mymensingh Cantonment as a soldier.
Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Abdul Awal said a speeding truck ran over the motorcycle carrying the duo from behind in the area at about 9:30 pm while they were retuning home from Nandina
Bazar, leaving Shahinur dead on the spot and his co-rider Shahin seriously injured.
Shahin was rushed to Jamalpur General Hospital where on-duty doctors declared him dead.
Informed, police recovered the bodies and sent those to the hospital morgue for autopsy.
A case was filed in this connection.
In Tangail, a woman was killed and her husband injured in a road accident in Suvolla area on the Dhaka-Tangail highway under Mirzapur upazila of the district today.
The deceased was Marjia Begum, 32, wife of Mizanur Rahman a resident of Salanga area under Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur district.
Officer-in-Charge of Gorai Highway police Humayan Kabir said the accident occurred when a bus hit a motorcycle from behind in the area at about 4pm, leaving motorcycle co-rider Marjia dead on the spot and her husband Mizanur injured.