At least six people were killed in road accidents in Sirajganj, Gazipur and Jhenidah districts Friday.
Our Sirajganj correspondent reported that three people were killed and 20 others injured when a bus of Talukdar Paribahan skidded off the road and fell into a roadside ditch in Pardhai area under Ullapara upazila of the district in the afternoon.
The deceased were van driver Mohammad Abdullah 25, Asadul 35 and a lecturer of Ullapara College Rafiqul Islam 45.
On information police and fire service men rushed to the spot and rescued the injured passengers and sent them to Sirajganj General Hospital.
The bodies of the deceased were sent to the hospital morgue.
in Gazipur, two people were killed and three others injured as a bus hit an auto-rickshaw at Nayanpur in Shreepur upazila in the morning, said our correspondent.
One of the deceased was identified as Adbur Rashid, 45.
Witnesses said a BRTC bus coming from Netrakona district rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway around 8:30am, leaving two dead on the spot and three others injured.
On information, police rushed to the spot and seized the bus, said Maona Highway police station Officer-in-Charge Helal-ul-Islam.
Jhenidah correspondent said a college was killed and her mother and brother were injured as a truck rammed into their motorcycle at Kodalia Munshipara in Sadar upazila.
The deceased Tushi Khatun, 21, was a fourth year student of Jhenidah Government College and daughter of Matiul Islam of Kumiradah village in Shailakupa upazila.
Hasan Hafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station said the speedy truck hit the motorcycle in the area around 10:30am when Tushi along with her mother and brother was going to Hatgopalpur from their village by the bike, leaving the college girl dead on the spot and the two others injured.
Police seized the truck and arrested its driver, the OC added.