Eight people were killed in separate road accidents in Dhamrai, on the outskirts of Dhaka, Comilla and Barisal on Wednesday.
In Comilla, three persons were killed when a Chittagong-bound truck carrying them and their cattle overturned and fell into a roadside ditch beside the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway on Wednesday.
The accident took place near Chiara area in Chouddagram upazila around 6am, said Miah Bazar highway police outpost in-charge Abul Kalam.
The deceased were identified as Khokon Miah, 40, Samiul Islam, 45, and Anwar Hossain, 42. All were from Jhenaidah.
At least six cows were also killed in the accident.
Kalam told Dhaka Tribune that the truck had skidded off the road after the driver lost control and fell on the ditch. “Three cattle traders were killed on spot.”
Police later recovered the injured as well as the truck from the area, he added.
In Dhamrai, three people were killed after a bus rammed into a rickshaw-van on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Sutipara Bus Stand area.
The speeding bus fled the scene after hitting the van from behind, killing the trio on the spot, around 9am on Wednesday, said Dhamrai police station OC Dipak Chandra Saha.
The deceased were identified as van puller Abdul Jabbar, 70, Samad, 65, and Abdul Fakir, 72, of the upazila. Police later recovered their bodies.
In Barisal, two motorcyclists were killed after a Sakura Paribahan bus ran them over on the Barisal-Dhaka Highway in Rampatty area under Babuganj upazila around 6pm on Wednesday.
The victims were identified as Suruj Haoladar, 32, and his friend Md Murad Hossain, 29. Both were from the upazila, said Inspector Abdur Rahman Mukur, the OC of Babuganj police station.
Quoting witnesses, police said that the Dhaka-bound bus ran over the motorcycle when its driver tried to take a u-turn on the highway. The bus driver then lost control and crashed into a roadside tree at least 300 yards from the scene of the accident.
Suruj was killed on the spot while Murad was declared dead after he was rushed to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, police said.
Police impounded the bus, but the driver managed to flee the scene after the accident, Inspector Mukur added.
