Eight killed in road crashes
UNB
Eight people were killed in separate road accidents in Comilla and Chuadanga districts yesterday. In Comilla, five people were killed in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Dayapur in Chouara area of Sadar Dakkhin upazila and Comilla Cantonment area yesterday, reports UNB from Comilla.
Four people were killed when a bus hit a pick-up van on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Dayapur in Chouara area of Sadar Dakkhin upazila on Friday.
The deceased were identified as Sumon Das, 32, a van driver of Moulvibazar district, helper Iqbal Hossain, 20, Mansur, 18 and Aynal Mia, 23 of Nabiganj in Habiganj district.
Police said the accident took place around 7:30 am when a bus hit a pick-up van from behind, leaving its four passengers dead on the spot, said Mahbubur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Moinamoti Highway Police Station.
On information, police recovered the bodies and send those to sadar hospital morgue for autopsy. In another incident, a pedestrian named Ajgar Ali, 20 was killed when a truck knocked down him at kitchen market area in Comilla Cantonment in the morning, said Mahbubur Rahman.
In Chuadanga, three members of a family were killed as a truck hit their motorcycle on Chuadanga-Darshana road in Joyrampur Sheikhpara area of Damurhuda upazila yesterday afternoon, reports UNB from Chuadanga.
The deceased were identified as Jahid, 30, his sister Nasrin and her minor boy Nazmul Islam, hailing from Andulbaria village in Jibannagar upazila.
Abu Zihad, officer-in-charge of Damurhuda Police Station, said the stone-laden truck crashed into the motorbike in the area around 4pm while Jahid along with his sister and nephew was returning home from the upazila headquarters, leaving Jahid and Nazmul dead on the spot and Nasrin and a pedestrian injured.
