Road crashes kill 4 in two districts

Four people were killed in road accidents in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka and Narshingdi sadar upazila on Friday, reports UNB.

In Mymensingh, two people were killed as a truck hit another truck on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Bhandab in Bhaluka upazila early Friday.

The deceased were identified as Jamal Uddin, 40, a truck driver and his helper Shakib, 22 of Jamalpur district.

The accident took place around 4:00am when a goods-laden truck from Jamalpur dashed a sand-laden truck from behind, leaving two people dead on the spot, said Mainuddin, officer-in-charge of Bhaluka model Police Station.

In Narsingdi, Two people were killed and six others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Madhabdi in sadar upazila on Friday.

The identities of the victim could not be known yet.

The accident took place around 6:00am in front of Pakija Steel Mill when the Dhaka-bound stone-laden truck from Sylhet hit the Narsingdi-bound pick-up van, leaving two people killed on the spot and six others injured, said Abu Taher Dewan, officer-in-charge of Madhabdi police station.

The injured were taken to Narsingdi General Hospital.