Three people, including a freedom fighter, killed in separate bus crashes in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj on late Saturday night and Sunday.
The first accident occurred in the Panchabatti area of the Dhaka-Khulna highway.
The deceased were identified as Omar Mir, 75, a freedom fighter and Jahid Molla, 50, both residents of the area.
Locals said Omar and Jahid were walking along the highway when a bus hit them, leaving both critically injured. Omar was rushed to Muksudpur Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared him dead. Jahid died at the scene.
Sub Inspector Obaidul Kazi of Bhanga Highway Police Station confirmed the deaths. He said police visited the scene, prepared inquest reports and handed over the bodies to the families after completing legal procedures.
In another accident on the same highway early Sunday, a human hauler driver was killed after an unidentified bus rammed the vehicle in the Fokra bus stand area of Kashiani around 4am.
The impact crushed the human haular, killing the driver on the spot.
Rokonuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Bhatiapara Highway Police Station, confirmed the incident and said police recovered the body and sent it to a hospital morgue for autopsy.
The identities of the driver and the bus involved could not immediately be ascertained as the accident occurred before dawn. Police are working to identify the deceased and locate the bus.
