Hundreds of local people blocked the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway yesterday after a schoolboy was killed in a road accident in Medha Kochhopia under Chokoria upazila in Cox’s Bazar.
Local sources said Tajul Islam, son of Asiur Rahman, died on the spot after a bus ran him over.
As soon as the news of his death spread, hundreds of local people took to the street and put up a barricade on the road with logs.
Officer-in-Charge of Chokoria police station Probhas Chandra Dhar on receiving information rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.
Meanwhile, a minor girl was killed in a road accident on the Tangail-Mymensingh road at Kalihati upazila under Tangail yesterday morning.
The deceased was identified as Hanufa Khatun, 7, daughter of Hurmuz Ali in Chamra village of the upazila.
Monir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Kalihati police station, said Nanifa crushed under a Madhupu-bound truck in Donail area on the road while she was crossing the road at about 11am. She died on the spot.
Apart from this, a schoolteacher was killed in Kola Bazar area of Kaliganj upazila on Monday night.
The deceased was identified as Mehedi Hasan Milton, 30, an assistant teacher of Kola United High School and son of Abdul Khaleque, former chairman of Kol union of the upazila.
Police said the accident had took place when a shallow engine-run human hauler overturned in the area around 6:00pm on Monday, leaving its passenger Milton severely injured.
He was admitted to Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex.
Later in the night, he was shifted to Jessore Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead around 10am
In Mymensingh, two people were killed in a road accident on the Mymensingh-Haluaghat Road at Madhupur village in Tarakanda upazila.
The deceased were identified as Shafiqul Islam, 27, and Al-Amin, 19.