At least six people, including three students, were killed in separate road accidents in four districts yesterday.
In Pabna, three persons were killed and five others injured in a road mishap in Kasinathpur crossing area in Sujanagar upazila in the morning.
The deceased were Runa, 18, a student of Kasinathpur Women College, Rana, 14, a student of a local school and Ahasan Mohori, 60. All of them are inhabitants of Ahamadpur village under Aminpur thana of the upazila.
Police said the accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound garlic-laden truck hit a Nosiman, locally-made human hauler, in the area around 9am, leaving three passengers of the human hauler dead on the spot.
The injured were sent to Pabna Medical College Hospital (PMCH)and Bera Upazila Health Complex, said Pabna Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Siddiqur Rahman confirming the death.
A case was filed in this connection.
In Rajshahi, a woman was killed and five people got injured in a road mishap at Shahabdipur of Godagari upazila around 11:30am.
The deceased was identified as Fahi Khatun, 30, wife of Shahin Ali of Shahabdipur, confirmed Godagari police station OC SM Abu Farhad.
OC added that a locally-made three-wheeler named Votvoti run over Fahi when she attempted to save two kids from accident on the Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway, leaving her dead on the spot.
The injured in the incident got admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital and a case was filed with Godagari police station in this connection, the OC went on.
In Satkhira, a motorcyclist namely Ansar Ali, 60, was killed when a but his vehicle from behind on Shaymnagar-Munshiganj road in Phultola area in Shaymnagar upazila. Being injured by the hit, he was whisked off to the local hospital where duty doctors declared him dead.
Shaymnagar police station OC Aminul Islam Biplob said they recovered the body and sent it to the hospital morgue for autopsy.
Later, police managed to seize the killer vehicle, but its driver and helper fled the scene, the OC went on.
In Khagrachhari, a school boy named Dolipro Marma, 6, was killed as a battery-run authorickshaw run over her in Mohalchhara area in Sadar upazila while she was on the way of her house from school.
However, details of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The fateful incident took place around noon and the driver went into hiding after the incident, said Khagrachhari Sadar police station OC Md Mizanur Rahman.
