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4 killed in Magura, Sylhet road accidents

News Desk :
At least 4 were killed in Magura and Sylhet separate road accidents on Friday.
In Magura: Two people were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Saitrish area on the Magura-Jhenaidah highway on Friday afternoon, reports UNB.
One of the deceased has been identified as Abul Kashem, son of Akbar Mollah of Hazrapur village. The other could not be immediately identified.
According to the fire service and locals, a local bus of Janata Paribahan collided head-on with a truck loaded with vegetables coming from the opposite direction on its way from Magura to Jhenaidah around 3pm.
After the accident both the bus and the truck fell into a road-side ditch leaving two dead.
The injured were taken to Magura Sadar Hospital.
The vehicles have been seized, and a case has been filed at Magura Police Station in this regard, said officer-in-charge of the station Monjurul Alam.
In Sylhet: Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a private car and a CNG-run auto rickshaw on Sylhet-Tamabil highway at Jaintapur in Sylhet on Friday.
The dead were auto rickshaw driver Akhter Hossain of Krishnapur village under Golapganj upazila and its passenger Abdus Shukur, 49 of Hajipur village under the same upazila.
The driver of the private car and its passenger were injured in the incident.
Golam Dastagir Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Jaintapur Model Police Station, said the bodies were sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital morgue for autopsy.