Thee people, including a woman, were killed and 28 others injured, five seriously, in separate road accidents here yesterday, police and witnesses said.
Two passengers were killed and 28 injured when a Dhaka-bound coach of Lima Paribahan from Syedpur and a Dinajpur-bound truck from Khulna collided head-on at Hajirhat point on Dhaka-Dinajpur Highway in Sadar upazila at 11:00am.
Both the vehicles skidded off the highway and fell into a roadside ditch.
The deceased were identified as Shilpi Begum, 30, wife of Fazlul Haque of village Dakshin Singerdari under Kishoreganj upazila in Nilphamari and Syed Ali alias Kechu Munshi, 50, son of late Kaltu Mamud of village Dakshin Hajipur under Taraganj upazila in Rangpur.
The injured were rushed to Rangpur Medical College Hospital and local private clinics from where most of them were released after first aids. Condition of Bablu, 30, Ataul, 42, Siddik, 42, Sharif, 25, and Sharifa, 30, were stated to be critical.
Meanwhile, an unidentified youth aged about 30 was killed on the spot when a vehicle hit him at Rashidpur point on the same highway under Mithapukur upazila in the small hours of yesterday.
Source : The Daily Star
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