At least five people were killed and several others were injured, in separate road accidents in Barisal, Tangail and Narsingdi.
A mother and her son were killed on Tuesday at Illa Mridhabari area in Barisal’s Gaurnadi upazila, when a truck ran them over on the Barisal-Dhaka highway.
The victims were Beauty Bepari, 30, wife of Kamal Sardar from Mahilara union of the upazila, and their two-year old son Ferdous.
Witnesses said Beauty was visiting her parents in the area and was waiting at the local bus stand with her son, when a speeding truck ran over them, killing the two on the spot.
Agitated locals blocked the highway for half an hour, before calling off the protests following assurance from the police of arresting the driver.
Police managed to seize the truck from the Torki area, but the driver managed to flee, said Humaun Kabir, sub-inspector of Gournadi highway police station.
Police also lodged a case of unnatural death, and sent the bodies to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Meanwhile, a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus in Tangail’s Korati Para left one person killed and three others injured on Tuesday morning.
The deceased was Forhad Hossen, 45.
Gorai highway police Officer-in-Charge Jobaidul Alam, who is also the younger brother of the deceased, said the accident took the place when a Dhaka-bound microbus collided head-on with a bus of Shamim Enterprise.
Forhad was killed on the spot, while three others were admitted to the Tangail General Hospital with critical injuries.
Elsewhere, in Narsingdi’s Belabo upazila, at least two people were killed and three others were injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and a truck on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway.
The accident took place at around 11pm on Monday near Dhukundi, claiming the lives of Altaf Hossain, 28, the driver of the microbus, and Md Ilias Mia, 50, the owner of the microbus – both residents of Khudir Jangleband village in Kishoregan’s Karimganj upazila.
Witnesses and police sources said the victims died on the spot, while three others were rescued by the locals and admitted to the Narsingdi Zila Hospital. Two of the injured, Tobarak and Arju, were later sent to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical conditions.
Belabo police station personnel sent the deceased’s bodies to Narsingdi Sadar Hospital for autopsy. A case was also filed with the Belabo police station, while the truck driver and his helper managed to flee.
