At least five people were killed in road accidents yesterday at Moulvibazar, Comilla, Brahmanbaria, Kishoreganj and Mymensingh districts.
Our Comilla correspondent reports that a motorcyclist was killed when a covered van ran him over at Amtola area on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Sadar upazila.
The victim was Rasel, 22, who hailed from Krishnanagar village of Comilla Sadar.
Roich, sub-inspector of Moynamoti highway police, said the body had been handed over to family members
In Moulvibazar, a motorcyclist was killed in a road mishap in Kulaura upazila on the Moulvibazar-Kulaura road.
The deceased was Md Mahmud Ali, 40, who was the son of Late Abdul Jabbar of Monraj village of Ratgaon union of the upazila.
Family members said Mahmud’s motorcycle crashed into an electric pole when he tried to give way to another bike coming from opposite direction. He was left seriously injured.
He died on the way to a hospital in Sylhet, said Ratgaon UP chairman Abdul Jalil Jamal.
Our correspondent from Brahmanbaria said an auto-rickshaw driver was killed and four others were injured when a tractor rammed into an auto-rickshaw on the Comilla-Sylhet highway.
The deceased auto-rickshaw driver was 20 year old Rajib.
Traffic inspector Md Bayezid, said a Sylhet-bound tractor rammed into an auto-rickshaw around 2pm, leaving the driver dead on the spot and four others injured. The injured were admitted to District Sadar Hospital.
Police seized the tractor.
In Kishoreganj, a minor girl was killed in an accident at Hossainpur upazila.
The deceased Tumpa, was the daughter of Ira Mia of Dhuljuri village.
Sources said an easy bike hit the girl while she was playing in front of her house around 11am, leaving her critically injured.
Later, she was rushed to Kishoreganj Hospital where she died.
Md Nannu Molla, officer-in-charge of Hossainpur police station confirmed the incident.
According to our Mymensingh correspondent, a schoolgirl was killed when a truck hit her on Haluaghat road in the district.
The deceased was Marufa Arefin Jemy, the daughter of Mozammel Haque Monju in Guptergaon village.
Phoolpur police station Officer-in-Charge Abdul Motaleb confirmed the incident.