10 Bangladeshi killed in KSA
Road crashes kill 7 in three districts
UNB, Dhaka
Ten Bangladeshis were killed and seven others injured in a road accident yesterday morning in Saudia Arabia while seven people were killed and 19 injured in separate road accidents in Bagerhat, Rajshahi and Jashore on Wednesday and yesterday. In Saudi Arabia road accident, the identities of the victims could not be known yet. First secretary (Press) at Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh Mohammed Fokhrul Islam said 17 Bangladeshis were going to Madina from Dammam by a vehicle to offer ziarat at the Rawza Mubarak of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
In Bagerhat, three people were killed and five injured after a truck hit a human hauler on Khulna-Mongla Highway in Rampal upazila yesterday. Two of the deceased were identified as Shohag Sheikh, 35, son of Jalil Sheikh of Haldibunia village, and Sanjib, 40. Both hailed from the upazila.
Rabiul Islam, officer-in-charge of Katakhali Highway Police, said the accident took place at Bhagabazar around 7am.
The victims were killed on the spot when a Mongla-bound truck hit the human hauler, he said.
Police recovered the bodies and sent them to a local hospital for autopsy.
In Rajshahi, three people were killed and 12 injured
when a bus turned turtle at Mirganj Bazar in Bagha upazila around 7am.
The deceased were identified as Abu Hanif, 28, the bus drivers assistant, Manwara Begum, 42, wife of Mansur Rahman, and Badal Bewa, 65, wife of Piar Uddin of the upazila. Police said the Rajshahi-bound passenger bus collided head-on with a trolley before it hit a tree and overturned.
All three victims were killed on the spot, said Mohsin Ali, officer-in-charge of Bagha Police Station.
The injured were taken to a local hospital. In Jashore, police said 20-year-old Hasan Ali from Sharsha upazila was killed and two others were injured when a motorbike hit a roadside tree on Gorpara-Shikarpur road in the upazila on Wednesday night.
