At least five people were killed in road accidents in Tangail, Gazipur and Chittagong districts yesterday.
Our Tangail correspondent reported that three people were killed in road accidents in Sadar and Madhupur upazilas.
The deceased were Lebu Khan, 50, son of Momrez Khan in Kakraid village of Madhupur, Yousuf, 26, son of Habibur Rahman of Dubail village under Delduar of Tangail and Md Galib, 18, son of Md Mozibor Rahman in Gazipur.
Shafikul Islam, officer-in-charge of Madhupur police station, said a Mahindra auto rickshaw driver Lebu Khan died on the spot when a vehicle had hit the auto rickshaw in Roktipara area on thr Tangail-Mymensingh Road.
On the other hand, Yousuf and Galib, the two cousins died on the spot in Karatipara area on the Dhaka-Tangial Highway as a covered van hit them while they were going to meet their aunt by a motorcycle.
In Gazipur, an elderly man was killed on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in the district while a micro-bus hit him, said our correspondent.
The deceased was Shamsul Haque, a resident of Bartopa village in Sreepur upazila.
Sub-inspector Delwar Hossain of Mawona police outpost confirmed the incident.
Chittagong correspondent said an unidentified youth was killed in an accident in the city’s Bakalia area.
Assistant Sub-Inspector Pankaj Barua of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) said the incident took place in Shah Amanat Bridge area, the entry point in the city when a micro-bus ran him over, leaving him critically injured.
Locals rushed the man to CMCH where the on duty doctors declared him dead.