Three killed in Natore, Tangail road mishaps

Three people have been killed in separate accidents in Natore and Tangail on Friday, reports UNB citing police confirmation.

In Natore, an eight-year-old girl travelling in a three-wheeler with her mother died after a bus rammed the vehicle at high speed in Lalpur area.

The deceased was identified as Mim Akter, daughter of Kakuli Begum.

Police said both Kakuli and her child Mim were in the three-wheeler when the bus carrying a picnic party hit it on the busy Ishwardi-Lalpur Road.

"Mim fell off the three-wheeler and was run over by the killer bus. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was declared dead on arrival," said Lalpur police station OC Moniruzzaman.

Locals managed to nab the driver and seize the bus after the accident, he added.

In Tangail, two people were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between an auto-rickshaw and a pick-up van in Kalihati upazila.

The deceased were identified as Ramzan Ali, 55, the auto-rickshaw driver from Uttar Betdoba village, and one of its occupants -- Rina, 30, from Bir Basina village of the upazila.

The accident occurred on Friday morning in front of RS Government Pilot High School.

According to witnesses, the auto-rickshaw heading towards the Kalihati bus stand was hit at high speed by the pick-up van coming from the opposite side, leaving its driver and the female passenger dead on the spot.

The injured were all passengers of the auto-rickshaw. "Two of them have been admitted to Tangail General Hospital in a critical condition, while others are being treated at Kalihati Upazila Health Complex," said Molla Azizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Kalihati police station.

Both the ill-fated vehicles have been seized, but the pick-up van driver managed to flee, said the OC. "The bodies will be handed over to the family members of the deceased after completion of the legal process."

Road crashes, mostly due to reckless driving, are common in Bangladesh, killing thousands every year.