Road accidents claim 5 lives in Chuadanga, Barguna

News Desk :
At least five people were killed in separate road mishaps in Chuadanga and Barguna districts on Friday.
In Chuadanga, Two people were killed along with seven cattle as a truck carrying the animals lost control and crashed into a roadside tree at Chuadanga sadar upazila early Friday, reports UNB.
Cattle trader Ashraful Haque,50, and Monir Hossain,45, from Meherpur district died in the accident. Seven of the cattle also perished, police and fire service said.
The accident occurred around 3 am on Chuadanga-Meherpur regional road as the truck carrying 19 cattle lost control and hit a roadside tree near a filling station at Alukdia area, said Md Rafiquzzaman, deputy assistant director of Chuadanga fire service and civil defence.
Two other injured in the accident Kalam, 40, and Minarul Islam,41, were admitted to Chuadanga sadar hospital.
Mahabubur Rahman Kajal, Officer-in-Charge of Chuadanga sadar police station said the Ashraful died on the spot while Monir died under treatment at the hospital.
In Barguna, A teenage motorcyclist and his two pillion riders were killed as their bike hit a roadside tree at Betagi in Barguna early Friday, police said.
The deceased were identified as bike rider Yeasin Arafat, 13, Rabbi Mridha, 14, and Siam, 13, all residents of Mokamia union.
The accident occurred around 12:30 am when their motorcycle hit a road side tree on Barguna-Betagi highway after losing control over speed, leaving the trio dead on the spot, said Md Jihad, sub-inspector (SI) of Betagi police station.
The bodies were sent to Barguna Sadar hospital morgue for autopsies, said the SI. A case was filed at the police station in this regard, he added.