Road crashes claim 12 lives across country

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At least 12 people were killed and 17 others injured on Saturday in separate road accidents in Chattogram, Narayanganj, Chapainawabganj, Bogura, Panchagarh, Sirajganj, Moulvibazar and Tangail districts.

In Chattogram, two people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus in Keranihat area of Satkania upazila in the morning.

The deceased is Abdur Razzak, 35 and Nasrin Sultana, 28.

Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Dohazari highway police station, said a Cox's Bazar-bound bus of 'Saint Martin Paribahan' collided with the Chattogram-bound microbus, leaving the two dead on the spot and seven other passengers of the microbus injured.

In Narayanganj, an auto-rickshaw driver and a passenger were killed on the spot as a bus crushed the vehicle in Dhakeshwari area of Sidhirganj in the early hour.

The deceased are auto-rickshaw driver Monir Hossain, 30, son of a certain Ratan Mia of Narsingdi and Mahbub Alam, 29, son of one Chan Mia of Damurda area of Shariatpur.

Sub-inspector of Sidhirganj police station Nasir Ahmed said the accident occurred around 4:30am while the bus hit the auto-rickshaw and fled.

In Chapainawabganj, two separate road accidents killed two people including a woman in Shibganj upazila.

Sub-inspector of Shibganj police station Ainul Haque said a woman was hit by a truck at Pukuria area while she was crossing the road around 11:00am.

Police seized the vehicle but the driver and his assistant managed to flee the scene, he added.

Meanwhile, minor girl, Sumaiya Khatun, was killed on the spot as a trolley hit her while crossing the road in Kaliganj area of Binodpur around 12:00pm.

In Bogura, a man was killed and four others injured as a micro-bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided head on in Gabtoli area of the sadar upazila around 6:00am.

Officer-in-charge of Gabtoli police station Khairul Bashar said the Bogura bound auto-rickshaw was hit by a micro-bus killing Abdul Jobbar, 45, son of one Jillur Rahman on the spot.

The injured were rushed to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, he added.

In Panchagarh, Tabibor Rahman, 70, was killed as truck hit him on Panchagarh-Tentulia highway in Baristar bazaar area.

Officer-in-charge of Panchagarh police station Rabiul Hasan said Tabibur was killed on the spot.
Police seized the truck but its driver managed to flee the scene, he added.

In Sirajganj, Moniza Khatun, 49, died while her husband, Sanowar Hossain, 55, sustained injuries as a bus hit their motorcycle in Hatikumrul on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway.

Police seized the bus and arrested its driver, officer-in-charge of Hatikumrul police station Abdul Kader said.

In Moulvibazar, auto-rickshaw driver Elias Mia, 30, was killed and five others injured after a bus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Kamlganj upazila around 3:00pm, said Sub-inspector Krishna Mohan Das of Kamalganj police station.

In Tangail, two youths were killed as a bus ran over them on Dhaka-Tangail highway in sadar upazila around 8:30pm, said highway police sergeant Azizur Rahman Rahim.

The deceased are Sagor, 15, son of one Shamsul Haque and Shorif, 19, son of one Shukur Ali, both residents of Tentulia village of the upazila.