Four people were killed in three separate road accidents in Netrokona, Natore and Laxmipur in the last two days.
An old man named Abdul Mojid, 70, was killed in a road accident on Mohangonj-Gaglajur road at Gaglajur bazaar, Mahangonj upazila, Netrakona yesterday, reports our correspondent.
Police and local sources said the accident occurred as a motorcyclist lost his control and hit Mojid around 11am, leaving him dead on the spot. A case was filed with Mohangonj police station. Police confined the motorcycle.
In Natore, a pick-up van driver was killed in a collision between the van and a truck at Agran area of Banpara-Hattikumrul Highway of Baraigram upazila early yesterday, reports our correspondent.
The deceased was Shafiqul Islam,38, of village Basundia, Jessore. Masud Parvez, officer-in-charge of Banpara Highway police camp, said the pick-up van was carrying a truck’s engine. The pick up entered under a truck while it tried to overtake. The driver died on the spot.
In Laxmipur, two people were killed and four others injured in a road accident in Chowdhury Bridge area on the Raipur-Chandpur Highway in Raipur upazila on Tuesday.
The deceased were Mohsin, a resident of Purbalach village in Raipur upazila, and Palash Hossain, a resident of Matlab Upazila, Chandpur.
Police said a CNG-run auto- rickshaw collided head-on with a pickup van in the area around 9pm, leaving two people dead on the spot and four others injured.
The injured were rushed to Pabna Medical College Hospital.