Five people were killed and 15 others injured in separate road accidents in Gaibandha, Chandpur and Madaripur yesterday.
Our Gaibandha correspondent reports: At least two people were killed and 15 others injured when a Dhaka-bound night coach of Rupali Paribahan skidded off the road and fell into a roadside ditch after the driver lost control over the steering on Bogra-Rangpur highway at Kalabagan in between Palashbari and Pirganj upazilas early yesterday.
The deceased are Rassel Ahmed, 32 and Hujur Ali, 35.
The injured were admitted to Pirganj Upazila Health Complex and Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
Our Chandpur correspondent adds: Two people including a schoolgirl were killed on the spot when a speedy tractor hit a rickshaw, carrying the schoolgirl, from behind and rammed a furniture shop on Haziganj-Comilla road in Toragarh area of Haziganj upazila yesterday morning.
The deceased are Nijhum, 6, daughter of Mohammad Wahiduzzaman and also a student of Maitree Kindergarten, and Kamal, 35, a rickshaw puller, son of Abdul Barek of the same area.
Police seized the tractor but its driver managed to escape the spot.
Our Madaripur correspondent says: A housewife was killed on the spot as a Dhaka-bound bus of BRTC ran over her while she was crossing the Dhaka-Barisal highway in Tantibari area of Sadar upazila yesterday morning.
The deceased is Nasima Begum, 19, wife of Khokon Mia, of Khatial village of Kalkini upazila.
Following the accident, agitating locals barricaded the highway for about two hours demanding a speed breaker on the spot.
Later, the barricade was removed after the district administration took initiatives to construct a speed breaker on the road immediately.
The body of Nasima, who got married just ten days ago, was handed over to her family members without autopsy.
Source : The Daily Star
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