IU teacher among five killed in road crashes
UNB
Five people including a teacher of Kushtias Islami University were killed and 28 injured in separate road accidents in Magura and Manikganj yesterday, reports UNB.
In Magura, a teacher of Islamic University (IU) of Kushtia and his driver were killed as a truck hit his private car at Parnanduali in Magura district town yesterdaay morning.
The deceased were identified as Abdullah Jahangir, 58, a professor of the Islami University, and his driver Sentu Miah.
OC of Magura Police Station Ajmal Huda said Abdullah was going to Dhaka riding his car in the morning. When the car reached Parnanduali, a truck coming from the opposite direction smashed the vehicle around 8am, leaving Adbullah and driver Sentu dead on the spot. However, the driver of the truck and his helper managed to flee the scene, the OC added.
In Manikganj, three people were killed and 28 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Manra on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Sadar upazila early yesterday.
The deceased were identified as Suman Bepari, 28, bus supervisor Nazrul Islam, 40, of Gournadi area, and Anju Dey, 50, of Karfa village in Wazirpur upazila of Barisal district.
SI of Golora highway police Mohammad Enamul Haque said a Barisal-bound night coach of Eagle Paribahan fell into a roadside ditch when its driver lost control over the steering and hit a roadside tree at about 1:30am, leaving three people dead on the spot and 28 others injured. The injured were admitted to Manikganj Sadar Hospital from where 23 of them were shifted to DMCH.
