Six people died while 10 were injured in two separate road accidents in Mirzapur and Delduar upazila of Tangail yesterday.
The dead are Anisur Rahman, 52, of Ekdala village under Naogaon district, Abdul Kuddus, 28, of Konail village, Sargeant Ashraful Islam, 36, of Khamarpara Soidullahpur village under Gaibandha district, cash officer of Bangladesh Bank Bogra branch Atoar Rahman, 50, of Katoa Akkelpur village under Joypurhat district, Jamir Ali, 35, of Dagor Mora village under Savar, and a construction worker who could not be identified.
Gorai highway police station Officer-in-Charge Md Humayun Kabir said coming from Naogaon, the Dhaka-bound passenger bus Dipjol Enterprise hit a potato-laden truck in Postkumari Charpara area under Mirzapur upazila at around 3:30am. The truck was wrecked after falling into the roadside ditch.
The accident left three passengers of the bus dead on the spot, while two more died after the injured were taken to Mirzapur Kumudini Medical College Hospital.
Meanwhile, a 35-year-old construction worker was crushed under the wheels of a truck on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Natiyapara around 10:30am.