Eleven people. including a boy, have been killed and two others have been injured in separate road crashes in Chuadanga, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Habiganj, Khulna and Chandpur.
In Chuadanga, three motorcyclists were killed and another was injured as two motorcycles collided in Jafarpur area of Chuadanga municipality on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Tunu Hossain alias Anando, 22, son of Sirajul Islam of Farmpara of Chuadanga , Mithu Hossain, 30, son of Rikat Ali of Nurnagar Colonypara, and Shri Mukta Halder,28, son of Shri Manoranjan Halder of Sirajganj district.
The injured was Roni Hossain ,35, son of Alauddin Biswas of Monharpur village of Bagmara police station in Rajshahi district.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Chuadanga Sadar Police Station Mahabubur Rahman said the accident occurred around 1pm when the two motorcycles collided in front of the Jafarpur Youth Development Department, leaving two bikers dead on the spot.
In Dhaka, a battery-run auto rickshaw driver was killed being hit by an anonymous vehicle in Asad gate area of Mohammadpur in the city Saturday.
Then deceased was identified as Monir Sheikh, 40, hailing from Tongi Bari upazila of Gopalganj district, said Abdur Rashid, Sub Inspector of Mohammadpur police station
The accident occurred early in the morning and his body was found lying in front of Nabil Paribahan bus counter on Mirpur road near Asad Gate, he said.
“Efforts are on to identify the vehicle and the driver that is responsible for the accident. The body has been sent for autopsy,” said the SI.
In Habiganj, a truck driver and his assistant were killed when another truck hit their truck in Bahubal Upazila of the district in the early hours of Saturday.
The identities of the deceased could not be known yet, said Salah Uddin, officer-in-charge of Shaistaganj Highway Police Station.
The accident occurred at Baganbari on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at around 5 am when they were doing repair works underneath the truck parking it on the highway and they were hit by another truck.
Both of them died on the spot, added the OC.
In Khulna, 60-year-old Abdul Jalil waas killed after a truck rammed over the bicycle he was riding on Saturday morning.
Police said the accident occurred at the port city's Zero Point area around 10am, leaving him spot dead.
However, the truck driver managed to flee the scene.
In Rajshahi, a 12-year-old schoolboy was killed in a road crash in Rajshahi's Durgapur municipality on Saturday.
The deceased Salman Hossain, son of Rahidul Islam of Devipur village. He was a student of class IV in Shyampur Government Primary School, said Nazmul Haque, officer-in-charge (OC) Durgapur Police Station.
The accident occurred around 10am when a tractor hit Salman near Devipur College, leaving him spot dead.
On information, police visited the scene and seized the tractor, added the OC.
In Chandpur, three people were killed and another was injured in a road accident in Bagra Bazar area under Sadar upazila on Friday night.
The deceased were identified as Masud Patwari, 50, and Zakir Hossain Liton Hazari, 45, and Ripon Gazi, 35, all of them residents of Kachiara village in Faridganj Upazila Sadar of the district.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Chandpur Model Police Station Md Abdur Rashid said the accident occurred when the three passengers were coming towards Chandpur by a rickshaw and a cylinder-laden truck coming from the opposite direction collided head-on around 10.30pm in the area, the trio were dead on the spot and rickshaw driver Khorshed Sheikh was injured.
The injured was taken to Chandpur General Hospital, he said.
Police seized the truck and arrested its driver, the OC added.
