At least five people were killed in separate road accidents yesterday in Barisal, Feni, Bogra and Gopalganj.
A school girl was crushed under the wheels of a “Tomtom,” a locally made human haulier, at Guthia in Wazirpur, Barisal yesterday.
The deceased Fatema Begum, 10, was the daughter of Saidur Rahman of Daroga Bari area, and was a class three student of a local primary school.
The deceased's father said Fatema was hit by a Tomtom when she was crossing the road. She was rushed to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital where on duty doctors pronounced her dead. Sub-Inspector Humayun Kabir of Wazirpur police station said the body was handed over to the deceased's family members since they refused to lodge any case.
In Feni, two people were killed when two trucks collided head-on near Kalipal area around 12 noon.
However, police and hospital authorities could not confirm the identities of the deceased immediately.
Mohipal highway police station Officer-in-Charge Saleh Ahmed confirmed the incident, and said the bodies were sent to Feni Sadar Hospital for autopsies.
In Bogra, a motorcyclist was killed and his passenger was injured when the vehicle collided with a truck near Erulia area of the district town.
The two were critically injured and Shahidul Islam, 48, died after he was taken to a hospital, while Emdadul Haque was under treatment at Bogra Medical College and Hospital, said duty officer Sufia Begum.
An unidentified person, aged 45, was crushed under the wheels of a bus yesterday morning near Debgram of Kotalipara upazila, Gopalganj.
Kotalipara police station Officer-in-Charge Md Abdul Latif said the deceased was a mentally challenged person, adding that the bus had run him over while he was crossing the road. The body was sent to Gopalganj morgue, he added.
