At least six people were killed and six others injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Chittagong and Jamalpur yesterday.
Two people were killed as a covered van lost control and ran into a roadside makeshift house in the capital’s Uttara.
Witnesses said tire of a covered van was blown and the van ran into the house at Kamarpara area, leaving Nur Islam, 57, hailed from Kurigram, and Aminul Islam, 40, hailed from Sirajganj, spot dead while they were sleeping.
Sumon Chandra, sub-inspector of Uttara West police station, told the Dhaka Tribune: “On information, police recovered the bodies and sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. An unnatural death case was filed with the police station in this regard.”
Hasina Begum, wife of Nur Islam, told the Dhaka Tribune that Nur was a construction worker and they have one son and one daughter, while Rekha, wife of Aminul, said Aminul was a day labourer and they have three sons.
On the other hand in Chittagong, at least three people including a woman and her son were killed and four others injured in a road accident on the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway at Chunti of Lohagara upazila yesterday afternoon, says our correspondent from Chittagong.
Mohammad Shahjahan, officer-in-charge of Lohagara police station, told the Dhaka Tribune that the driver of a Cox’s Bazar-bound rice-laden truck lost control and fell into an adjoining farmland, leaving the three spot dead and the others injured.
The deceased are Dilwara Begum, 45, and her son Tamim, 6, while police could not identify other deceased, police said.
Of the four injured, Maleka Begum was admitted into a local private clinic in critical condition, while the injured driver managed to flee away, the OC said, adding that police had taken the truck into their custody.
Elsewhere in Jamalpur, a motorcyclist was killed and two others were injured as a truck ran over the motorcycle on the Jamalpur-Islampur highway at Nayanagar in Melandaha upazila, reports UNB.
The deceased was identified as Munna, 22, hailed from Bashudebpur village of the upazila, while the injured are Leion, 22, and Babla, 24, of the Shajahanpur village.
Billal Hossain, office-in-charge of Melandaha police station, said a speedy truck ran over a motorcycle carrying the trio around 7:30 am, leaving Munna spot dead and two others critically injured.
Locals took the injured to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, from where Leion was shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital as his condition deteriorated.
Police had seized the truck. However, its driver managed to flee.
