Four people were killed and three others injured in a road accident on the Tangail-Mymensingh road in Madhupur upazila, Tangail.
Officer-in-Charge of Madhupur police station Shafikul Islam said a Tangail-bound truck had hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw coming from opposite direction in Gangair area at about 6:30am leaving Jony, 20, Malek, 60, Khalek, 44, and an unidentified man dead on the spot.
In Gazipur, a person was killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a pick-up van at Sipir crossing under Sreepur upazila. The deceased is Sajeeb, 20, son of Firoz Mia of Shonab village.
Sub-inspector of Sreepur Model police station Rashedul Islam said: “An auto-rickshaw collided head-on with a pick-up van at Sipir crossing around 11am, leaving four people injured.”
He said: “Sajeeb died while he was being taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in a critical condition. The others have been treated in different local clinics.”
In Hobiganj, three persons were killed and two others injured when a passenger bus hit a human haulier near Shaestaganj police station on Saturday, leaving Bulbul Miah died on the spot and four others injured.
The injured passengers were admitted to Habiganj Sadar Hospital and two of them succumbed to their injuries in the hospital.
In Jhalkati, a day labourer died in a road accident near Biswasbari area, Rajapur upazila in the morning.
Locals said Abdul Awal had died on the spot after a motor cycle hit him around 10am.
In Sirajganj, a man was killed and four others were injured in a road accident at Nabogram village under Ullapara upazila of the district this morning.
The deceased was Rafikul Islam Babul, 32, son of Shamsul Haque, a resident of Neurgachha village of the upazila.
Police said the accident occurred when a bus collided head-on with a CNG- run auto-rickshaw in the area, leaving one auto rickshaw passenger dead on the spot and four others injured. The injured were sent to Ullapara Upazila Health Complex.
A case was filed in this connection.