Three people died in two road crashes yesterday at Savar and Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka city.
Of the deceased, one was Mosharraf Hossain, 30, a worker of Rahimafrooz Batteries Ltd. The other two could not be identified immediately.
Police said Mosharraf was riding on the back of a motorcycle along the Chandra-Nabinagar highway around 6:45am to go to his office in Zirani area.
As they reached Kabirpur Bus Stand area, the driver lost control. Mosharraf was thrown on the road and was run over by a bus from behind. He died on the spot.
In protest, locals blocked the highway for an hour. Ashulia police rushed there, brought the situation under control and recovered the body.
Police also recovered the bodies of two other persons, who are believed to have died in road crashes in the wee hours of yesterday.
They recovered one body from from beside the Dhaka-Aricha highway next to Salihpur bridge in Savar’s Aminbazar and another from beside the Chandra-Nabinagar highway in Ashulia’s Zirani.
