Road crashes claim 8 lives

At least eight people, including a minor girl, were killed in separate road accidents in Gazipur, Gopalganj, Bogura and Chapainawabganj districts on Wednesday, reports UNB.

In Gazipur, three people were killed and two others injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying them collided with a truck on Mirerbazar Vogra bypass road at Pubail in Gazipur city on Wednesday.

One of the deceased is Shukur Ali, the driver of the auto-rickshaw and son of Majid Mia hailing from Kazirteck area in the city.

Sub-inspector of Naojor highway police camp Zinnah said the truck collided with the Chourasta-bound auto-rickshaw around 12:30pm, leaving three people dead on the spot and two others injured.

The injured were admitted to Shahid Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College and Hospital.

In Gopalganj, a former UP member was killed and three other people were injured as a bus collided with a human hauler on Gopalganj-Kotalipara road in Sadar upazila.

The deceased is Sona Molla, 58, a former member of Ward no 8 of Kati union.

The Kotalipara-bound bus collided with the human hauler around 11:30 am, killing Sona Molla on the spot and injuring three others, said officer-in-charge of sadar police station Md Monirul Islam.

In Bogura, two people were killed as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying them collided with a brick laden truck on second bypass road in Shajahanpur of the district town around 10:30am, said Sub-inspector Jahangir Kabir of Shajahanpur police station.

The deceased are Sultan Ahmed, 42, son of Abdul Quader of Babupukur village of Gabtali upazila and Kamar Uddin, 40, son of Omar Uddin of Dorikandi village in Shajahanpur upazila.

In Chapainawabganj, two were killed including a minor girl when motorcycle collided with a pickup van at Balugram area in Sadar upazila in the afternoon around 5 pm.

The deceased are Warin Akhter, 20, wife of Delwar Hossain and her niece Fariha Islam, 3, daughter of Farad Ahmed of Jian Chandpur village of the upazila.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent it to Chapainawabganj Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, said traffic police Abdul Alim Khan.