11 die in road accidents

At least 11 people died in separate road accidents that took place in Chittagong, Gopalganj, Sherpur, Jessore, Barisal and Bagerhat.

Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Akbar Shah area under Fatikchari upazila in Chittagong yesterday.

The deceased are Onimesh Chowdhury, 45 and Kazi Md Alauddin, 32.

In-Charge of Najirhat Highway police outpost Sub-Inspector Mahbub Alam said motorcyclist Alauddin was spotted lying on the road around 10pm on Sunday. Police suspected that he might have been killed in a road accident. Later, police recovered the body.

Meanwhile, Sub-Inspector of Akbar Shah police station Md Akhtaruzzaman said Onimesh was ran over by a recklessly driven-truck at Akbar Shah intersection while he was crossing the road around 10:30pm. He said Onimesh died on the spot.

In Gopalgaj, a teenage boy died and 40 people were injured as a bus plunged into the Madhumati River on Tekerhat-Gopalganj road at Padmavila in sadar upazila.

The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Khalil, 13, hailed from Maksurdpur upazila.

Police sources said when driver of a bus lost control over the steering and the vehicle plunged into the river, leaving the boy dead on the spot and 40 other passengers injured.

In Sherpur, two people were killed and 10 others injured when a human hauler plunged into a ditch at Gajani Abakash Kendra in Jhenaigati upazila.

The deceased were identified as Dulal, 35, son of Sekendar Ali and Fakir Mia, 28 of Sribardi upazila.

Officer-in-Charge of Jhenaigati police station Fasihur Rahman said the human hauler carrying 12 people plunged into the ditch from a hillock inside the tourist spot, leaving Dulal dead on the spot and 11 others injured.

Our Jessore correspondent adds: Three motorcyclists were killed in Harikhali area in the afternoon.

But identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. In Barisal, two passengers killed and eight others injured after a bus hit a microbus at Kasemabad under Gournadi upazila. In Bagerhat, a woman was killed.