At least eight people were killed and many others injured in several road accidents on roads across the country on Saturday night and Sunday morning.
In Feni, two people were killed and 15 others injured in a bus accident in the Sadar Upazila on Sunday morning.
The deceased were identified as Amin, and Siddiqur Rahman, both aged 55.
The accident took place on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in the south Chunnua area of the upazila, said SI Mahbubur Rahman of the Muhuriganj Highway Police Outpost.
The injured were all admitted to the Feni Sadar Hospital.
SI Mahabubur said, “A Hillbird Paribahan bus was plying from Feni to Khagrachhari. On the way, the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit a road divider, overturning the bus. Two passengers died on the spot.”
Police seized the bus and sent the bodies to the hospital morgue for autopsy after the accident was reported, he added.
In Gopalganj, a man was killed in a road accident in the Tungipara upazila of Goplganj on Sunday morning.
Son of Mumrej Munshi, deceased Limon Munshi, 24, was a resident in the upazila. He was an employee in Rupali Bank's Tungipara branch.
A bus hit a human hauler in Gimadanga Natunbazar area at noon, leaving four of the latter's passengers including Limon injured, said Enamul Kabir, officer-in-charge of Tungipara police station.
Limon was declared dead at the Tungipara Upazila Health Complex.
In Savar, a bus driver was killed in an accident on the Aricha-Dhaka Highway in Savar on Sunday morning.
The deceased was identified as Din Islam, 27, son Abu Sayed of Nateshhar village. He was a driver of the Savar Paribahan Service.
Savar Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge Saogatul Alam said a speedy bus hit Din Islam, leaving him dead while he was passing by on a rickshaw.
A case was filed in this connection, he said.
In Gaibandaha, a motorcyclist was killed in Gobindaganj Health Complex area in the district when a speedy bus hit his bike in the morning.
The deceased was identified as Abdul Hamid, 60, son of Emarat Ali of the Chakmanikpur village.
Gobindaganj Highway police station Officer-in-Charge Akteruzzaman confirmed the incident.
In Barisal, three people were killed and four others injured after a battery operated three-wheeler was hit by a coal laden truck in the district.
The deceased were identified as Rahat, 20, a three wheeler driver, Ahad Amin Khan Rupam, 26, section officer at the Babuganj campus of the veterinary medicine faculty of the Patuakhali Science and Technology University, and Parvez, 28.
Abdur Rahman Mukul, officer-in-charge (OC) of the Barisal Airport police station said the accident took place near the Khudrakathi area on the Rahmatpur–Mirganj road under the Barisal Airport police station.
