Three people were killed and five others injured in two separate road accidents in Pabna Sadar upazila early Sunday and on Saturday night.Two people were killed and four others injured as a human hauler carrying them fell into a roadside ditch at Tetultala in the upazila early Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Rostom Ali, 38, of Dewanganj upazila of Jamalpur district, and Mominul Islam,30, of Ishwardi upazila of Pabna.
Police and witnesses said the human hauler from Tebunia fell into a ditch as its driver lost control over the steering at about 2.30am, leaving its six passengers critically injured.
They were admitted to Ishwardi hospital where Rostom and Mominul succumbed to their injuries.
In another accident, a bicyclist named Golam Azam,35, sustained severe injuries when a motorcycle from Ishwardi hit his bicycle at Dulti Bazar on the Ishwardi-Dashuria road at 11.00pm on Saturday.
The motorcycle also fell into a roadside ditch leaving its rider severally injured.
Golam Azam along with the motorcyclist was rushed to Ishwardi Hospital where attending doctor declared Golam Azam dead.
Two separate cases were filed in this connection.
In Comilla, two people were killed and 15 others injured as a bus collided with a truck at Fakirbazar in Chauddagram upazila early Sunday.
Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately but they were drivers of the bus and the truck.
Police said a Dhaka-bound bus of ‘Unique Paribahan’ from Chittagong collided head on with the truck coming from the opposite direction on Dhaka-Chittagong
Highway in the small hours of Sunday, leaving the two drivers dead on the spot and 15 people injured.
The injured were admitted to Feni district hospital, Comilla Medical College Hospital and different local clinics, Traffic movement on the highway
was disrupted for about an hour following the accident.
(Agencies)
