5 killed in city road mishaps in Dhaka


Five people were killed and one was injured in road accidents at Demra, Uttara, Jatrabari and Chawkbazar in the capital on Friday night and Saturday, hospital sources and the police said.

At Jatrabari, a bus ran over Billal Hossain, 45, who was waiting to catch a bus, about 9:45pm. He was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in a critical condition and he died there about 10:30pm.

At Chawkbazar, a truck hit a motorcycle from behind at Sowarighat about 3:00pm, critically injuring two of the three motorcycle riders, Seba Akhter Nasrin, 5, and Asif.

Nasrin was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where she died. Asif was admitted to Mitford Hospital, the family said.

The motorbike rider, Abu Miah Ahmed, also uncle of Nasrin, said the truck had hit the motorcycle when they were going to Sirajdikhan in Munshiganj.

No case was filed and no post-mortem was conducted at the request of the family.

The police found a woman, aged about 50 dead, dead on Konapara Road at Demra about 2:00am.

Police subinspector Mohammad Aiyub said they had found a young man, aged about 25, dead in front of the Matuail Maternity and Children Hospital at Jatrabari about 1:30am. The police said all the three were run over by vehicles on the day.

The bodies of the two killed at Demra and Jatrabari were sent to Mitford Hospital for post-mortem examinations

The police found a woman, aged about 40, dead near the BNS Centre at Uttara at about 10:30pm on Friday.

The body of the woman, killed at Uttara was sent to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for a post-mortem examination.

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