7 killed in Khulna, Tangail road crashes

News Desk :
At least 7 people killed in Khulna and Tangail road crashes on Friday.
In Khulna, four people were killed as a CNG auto rickshaw plunged into a ditch after being hit by a truck on the Khulna-Satkhira Highway at Dumuria upazila of Khulna on Friday.
The deceased were identified as CNG driver Ilias Sardar, 45, son of Zakaria Sardar of Sharafpur in Dumuria, Reshma Khatun, 32, daughter of Mohiuddin of Rudaghara village. The identities of two others are yet to be known.
The accident occurred when a sand-laden truck hit the CNG on Khulna-Satkhira Highway near east Jilerdanga area around 2pm and then the CNG plunged into a roadside ditch.
After four hours of frantic effort, the fire service recovered four bodies from the ditch at 6 pm. However, the CNG could not be recovered.
Obaidur Rahman, Officer-in-charge of Dumuria Police Station, said they detained the truck driver Rakib Sheikh over the accident.
In Tangail, three people have been killed in a three-way collision involving a bus, a covered van and a truck in Tangail’s Kalihati Upazila, reports bdnews24.com.
Another person was injured in the accident which took place on the Dhaka-Bangabandhu Bridge Highway in Bhabla around 11 am Friday, said Inspector Md Shahidul Islam of Bangabandhu Bridge East Police.
The authorities could not immediately identify the victims.
An eastbound covered-van was attempting to overtake a truck when it collided head-on with an ‘Uttara Express’ bus, according to the police.
The van veered into the truck on impact, killing one person instantly. Two others died in hospital, said Inspector Shahidul.
The injured victim is undergoing treatment at Tangail’s 250-Bed General Hospital.
UNB adds: Three people were killed and one was injured in a collision involving three vehicles on the Dhaka-Bangabandhu Bridge highway at Kalihati in Tangail on Friday morning.
Witnesses said the accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound covered-van collided head-on with a truck and then a Jamalpur-bound bus crashed into them on the highway around 10:30 am, leaving one dead on spot and three others injured.
Later, the three injured were taken to Tangail General Hospital in a critical condition where two others succumbed to their injuries.
SI Nazmul Islam of Bangabandhu Bridge East Police said the injured was undergoing treatment in the hospital.