Road crashes kill 4, injure 20

Four people were killed and 20 others injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Pabna, Dinajpur and Rajshahi yesterday.

Staff correspondent reports: One man was killed and 10 others, including a police constable, were injured when a covered van hit them while they were trying to rescue a human hauler driver who was trapped in the driver's cabin after a separate road accident few minutes earlier at Khilkhet in the city yesterday.

The deceased is Mohammad Ali, 32, a rescuer and driver of another human hauler.

The injured policeman is Mohammad Jamal, 38, a constable of Khilkhet Police Station.

The injured were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Later, the trapped driver was rescued unhurt.

Our Pabna correspondent adds: One man was killed and 10 others were injured as a Kushtia-bound bus lost its control and skidded off the Pabna-Kushtia highway at Joynagar in the district yesterday.

The deceased is Md Montu Rahman, 40, son of Nur Mohammad, of village Arzia of Bagha upazila in Rajshahi.

The injured were released after primary treatment at Ishwardi Health Complex.

Our Dinajpur correspondent says: One woman was killed as a shallow-run three-wheeler hit her on Dinajpur-Parbatipur road at Rajarampur village of Sadar upazila yesterday.

The deceased is Jesmin Akter, 22, wife of Obydur Rahman, of the same village.

RU correspondent adds: A truck driver was killed as a Rajshahi-bound coal-laden truck collided head-on with another truck heading for Natore on the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway at Puthia in Rajshahi yesterday.

The driver is identified as Nur Hossain.

Source : The Daily Star

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