Five people were killed in separate road accidents in Rangpur and Chittagong yesterday.
A trucker was killed when a goods-laden truck hit him in Majirghat area, Sadarghat police station in Chittagong morning.
The deceased was identified as Md Mizan, 37, said Sadarghat police station sources.
Marzina Akhtar, Officer-in-Charge (OC) (investigation) of Sadarghat police station, said the incident took place in Mazirghat Narikel Tala area around 10:30am.
During the accident Mizan handed over the steering to his helper to park it aside and got down from the vehicle while the truck hit him, leaving critically injured, said the OC.
The on duty doctors declared him dead after whisked the driver off at Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH), said the OC adding that soon after the incident the helper managed to flee from the spot.
Meanwhile, two siblings and one of their cousins were killed as a bus crashed into their bicycle at Darshana intersection of the city on Monday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Shariful Islam, 13, his brother Shahidul Islam, 12, sons of Abul Momin of the area, and their cousin Salma Akhter, 6.
Abdul Aziz, officer-in-charge (Investigation) of Kotwali police station, said the Dinajpur-bound ‘Trishan Paribahan’ bus smashed the bicycle of the trio in the area around 3:30pm, leaving Shariful and Shahidul dead on the spot and Salma critically injured.
Locals took Salma to Rangpur Medical College Hospital where doctors declared her dead, he said.
Outraged at the road accident, locals blocked the road for about an hour. Later, police brought the situation under control.
