Six killed in road accidents
UNB, Dhaka :
Six people were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Chittagong and Pabna on Thursday morning.
In Dhaka, two people were killed and two others injured in a road accident near Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in Paribagh area of the city.
The deceased were identified as Jahanara,40, and Chanburu, 35. Inspector Mozammel Haque, police camp in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), quoting the injured, said a Tejgaon-bound CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided with a bus in the area around 5:30am leaving passengers of the auto-rickshaw-Jahanara, Chanburu, Azizul, 30, and his wife Firoza, 25, injured.
Doctors declared Jahanara and Chanburu dead after the injured were taken to the hospital.
The passengers of the auto- rickshaw came from Barisal to visit a relative in Tejgaon.
In Chittagong, a woman and her son were killed in a road accident at Faujdarhat in Sitakunda upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Kulsuma Begum, 40, wife of Mostafa, and her son Monirul Islam Hridoy, 10, slum dwellers of the area hailing from Amtali upazila headquarters of Barguna district.
Police said, the accident took place when Kulsuma and his son Hridoy were hit by a covered van in the area around 5:30am, leaving both of them killed on the spot.
On information, police recovered the bodies and seized the vehicle.
However, the driver managed to flee the scene.
In Pabna, two people were killed in a road accident in Maligachha Majidpur area on the Pabna-Ishwardi road in Sadar upazila in the morning.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Jalil Mollah, 50, a resident of Srirampur village in Sadar upazila, and Nurul Islam, 45, son of Badal Pramanik of Shalgaria Talbagan area of the upazila.
Witnesses said, the accident took place when a truck carrying Nurul and Jalil overturned and fell into a roadside ditch after it was hit by a covered van from Rajshahi in the area around 6:00am, leaving both driver Nurul and owner of the truck Jalil dead on the spot. On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Pabna Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Six people were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Chittagong and Pabna on Thursday morning.
In Dhaka, two people were killed and two others injured in a road accident near Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in Paribagh area of the city.
The deceased were identified as Jahanara,40, and Chanburu, 35. Inspector Mozammel Haque, police camp in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), quoting the injured, said a Tejgaon-bound CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided with a bus in the area around 5:30am leaving passengers of the auto-rickshaw-Jahanara, Chanburu, Azizul, 30, and his wife Firoza, 25, injured.
Doctors declared Jahanara and Chanburu dead after the injured were taken to the hospital.
The passengers of the auto- rickshaw came from Barisal to visit a relative in Tejgaon.
In Chittagong, a woman and her son were killed in a road accident at Faujdarhat in Sitakunda upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased were identified as Kulsuma Begum, 40, wife of Mostafa, and her son Monirul Islam Hridoy, 10, slum dwellers of the area hailing from Amtali upazila headquarters of Barguna district.
Police said, the accident took place when Kulsuma and his son Hridoy were hit by a covered van in the area around 5:30am, leaving both of them killed on the spot.
On information, police recovered the bodies and seized the vehicle.
However, the driver managed to flee the scene.
In Pabna, two people were killed in a road accident in Maligachha Majidpur area on the Pabna-Ishwardi road in Sadar upazila in the morning.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Jalil Mollah, 50, a resident of Srirampur village in Sadar upazila, and Nurul Islam, 45, son of Badal Pramanik of Shalgaria Talbagan area of the upazila.
Witnesses said, the accident took place when a truck carrying Nurul and Jalil overturned and fell into a roadside ditch after it was hit by a covered van from Rajshahi in the area around 6:00am, leaving both driver Nurul and owner of the truck Jalil dead on the spot. On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Pabna Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
