Dhaka, Feb 2 – At least eight people were killed in two road accidents in Chitagong and Comilla on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, according to reports.Three people were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Ashulia Bazar on Bapail-Abdullahpur highway in Savar upazila on Thursday morning.
Abul Hossain, inspector of Savar traffic police, said the Dhaka-bound bus of ‘Eagle Paribahan’ collided with another bus of ‘Anando Super’ in the area, leaving three people dead on the spot and 20 others injured.
Further details of the accident are still awaited.
The injured were admitted to different hospitals in Ashulia.
In Chittagong three bike riders were killed as a covered-van hit the motorcycle they were riding on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Banu Bazar in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagongon Wednesday night, UNB news agency reported.
The victims were identified as Rakib, Jabed and Nayan, residents of Faujdarhat area.
The accident took place around 10:15 pm when a Dhaka-bound covered-van hit the motorcycle, leaving two of them dead on the spot and another injured, said Saleh Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Barulia Highway police camp.
The injured was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
In another accident two people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus crashed into a roadside tree on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Chandina upazila of Comilla early Thursday.
The identities of the deceased could not yet be known.
Quoting local people, the in-charge of Eliotganj police camp SI Manirul Islam said the accident took place around 12:15 am near Palki Cinema Hall as a Chandpur-bound ‘Padma Express’ bus from Dhaka hit a tree as its driver lost control over the steering, leaving two people dead on the spot and 10 others injured.
The injured were taken to different hospitals and clinics.
