Six people were killed in separate road mishaps in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka, and Lakshmipur on Friday.
In Keraniganj, the casualties were resulted from a head-on collision was occurred between a lorry and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Mawa highway in the early hours of the day.
The deceased were identified as CNG driver Md Tamal, 18, Jonayed Hossain Jihad, 23, Nahid Hossain Fahim, 21 and Md Samad, 21 and Jony Miah, 26.
A person named Ahad, 22, was also injured in the accident.
Amrita Sutradhar, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) of Narayanganj Highway Circle, confirmed the accident that occurred in Teghria area near Army camp around 12.15am on Thursday, leaving four passengers of the CNG dead on the spot and injuring others.
The wounded were shifted to the Mitford Hospital where the duty doctor declared Jony Miah dead as the condition of the other injured was critical.
Police seized the killer lorry. However, the driver and helper of the vehicle managed to flee the scene.
Legal action was taken with South Keraniganj Police Station in this connection.
In Lakshmipur, 58-year-old man was killed after a pickup van hit his bicycle in Sadar upazila.
The deceased was identified as Abu Taher, son of Mashiur Rahman of Mirzapur Hasandi village under North Hamchari union in the upazila, said Mostafa Kamal, officer-in-charge (OC) of Lakshmipur Sadar Model Police Station.
Eight other people were injured when the pickup van overturned on the side of the road after its driver lost control over the steering, he said.
Quoting locals, the OC said the accident occurred around 11am in Jamirtoli area of Lakshmipur-Ramganj road when Taher was heading towards Kali Bazar on a bicycle from his house.
The OC said the speeding pickup van from Lakshmipur hit the bicycle from the opposite direction in Jamirtoli area, leaving him injured critically.
He was taken to a local hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Of the eight injured, three were sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital as their condition deteriorated, said the OC.
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