Three people including an engineer have been killed ad 16 others injured in two separate road accidents in Kushtia and Dinajpur.
In Kushtia, a 30-year-old woman and her daughter were killed and her husband was injured when a covered van hit a motorbike at Nandalalpur in Kumarkhali upazila in the hours of Saturday, said police.
The deceased were identified as Rina Khatun, wife of Ashraful Islam and their daughter Joya, 11, of Kushita district town.
The accident occurred on Kushtia-Rajbari regional highway when Ashraful was returning home from Rajbari along with his wife and two daughters riding his motorbike.
Rina died on the spot and Ashraful and Joya sustained injuries, said Idris Ali, in-charge of Chourhash Highway Police Station.
Later, the inured were taken to a local hospital where Joya succumbed to her injuries.
Ashraful’s condition is critical, said Dr Ashraful Islam, resident medical officer of Kushtia Sadar Hospital.
Another daughter of the couple fortunately remained unhurt during the accident.
The family met the tragic accident while returning to their Kushita residence from Rina’s parent’s house in Rajbari.
Police seized the covered van but could not arrest its driver.
In Dinajpur, the deceased engineer was Mozaharul Islam, 30, was from Tengrapara Vinail union. He worked as a sub-assistant engineer of Gaibandha’s Palashbari upazila.
Fifteen others were also injured in the road accident in Ghoraghat upazila on Friday.
The accident occurred when a pickup van hit Mozaharul when he was returning home on his motorbike and overturned the pickup after it lost control, leaving him dead on the spot and 15 others, including the driver injured, said Ziaur Rahman Zia, sub-inspector of Ghoraghat police station.
The injured were admitted to a local hospital, he said, adding that the condition of 6 injured is critical.
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