At least six people, including two employees of Nestle Bangladesh, were killed in separate road accidents that took place in Gazipur and Comilla on Wednesday.
In Gazipur, the Nestle Bangladesh employees were crushed under the wheel of a speedy truck in Bangla Bazar area on the Dhaka-Kapasia road.
They were identified as Md Khayrul Islam, 46, chemist of the factory and Fakhrul Islam, 42, in-charge of the factory.
Police said a motorcycle carrying Fakhrul and Khayrul had been hit by another vehicle from behind in the area around 7am, leaving them dead on the spot.
On receiving information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies and sent those to Gazipur Sadar Hospital morgue for post-mortem examination. The driver along with the truck managed to flee from the scene.
In Comilla, four people were killed in separate road accidents. Three people were killed in a head-on collision between a pickup van and a lorry on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Nautola area of Chandina upazila in the early hours of the day.
The deceased are driver of the van Moin-uddin Moin, 38, son of Sayed Ahmed of Soyanitobga village in Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali and two passengers.
Of the passengers one was identified as Nasiruddin, 35, son of Giasuddin, of Maijpara village in Munshiganj.
But identity of another passenger could not be known immediately.
Meanwhile, Ali Mia, 70, died when a CNG run auto rickshaw hit him while he was crossing the road in Chakbazar area.
