As many as 10 people have died and 26 others injured in seven separate road accidents in four districts of the country.
The incidents took place in Dhaka, Habiganj, Tangail and Chittagong on Friday and Saturday.
In Habiganj, a 10-year-old boy was killed after being run over by a sand-haulier tractor in sadar upazila’s Gopeya area around 6:30pm on Saturday.
Locals apprehended the tractor driver after the incident.
Habiganj Sadar model police station OC (Investigation) Ziaur Rahman said that legal action will be taken against the reckless driver.
In Dhaka, two passengers were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Dhamrai upazila around 2:45pm on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as: Al Mamun, 24, and Kalu Miya, 27.
Golra Highway police station OC Lutfur Rahman said: “The injured have been admitted to separate hospitals and a case has been filed regarding the matter.”
In Tangail, five people died and six others were injured in separate road accidents in Kalihati, Mirzapur, Basail and Dhanbari upazilas.
The deceased were identified as: Mosharraf Hossain Musa, Syed Shahjamal, Samad Khan, 60, Aminul Islam, 29, and Majedur Rahman, 50.
The incidents took place on Friday night and early Saturday.
In Chittagong, a man and his son were killed when a covered van rammed their motorbike at Kadamtoli in Chittagong city around 11:45pm on Friday.
The deceased are grocery shop owner Md Sagir, 42, and Md Junayed, 12, a class five student of Agrabad Ganapurto Bidya Niketan School.
Double Mooring police station SI Md Jahir Hossain said that the accident took place in front of Dhonialapara mosque, killing both father and son on the spot.
