Online Desk :
At least eight people, including a woman and a child, were killed and 10 others injured in separate road accidents in Madhukhali and Bhanga Upazilas of Faridpur district on Sunday.
In Madhukhali Upazila, six people, including a woman and a child, were killed when a truck hit a microbus on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Majhkandi in Madhukhali Upazila of Faridpur district on Sunday.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The accident occurred around 9 am when the truck hit the Dhaka-bound microbus from Magura, leaving two people killed on the spot and 14 others injured, said Mohammad Russell, assistant sub-inspector of Kanaipur Highway police camp.
The injured were taken to a local hospital where doctors declared four of them dead.
Police seized the truck but the trucker managed to flee the scene.
Besides, two students were killed when a private car hit a motorbike at Biswaroad in Bhanga Upazila headquarters early Sunday.
