6 killed in separate road crashes

Six people were killed and 13 others injured in separate road accidents in Dinajpur, Natore and Satkhira districts on Wednesday, reports UNB.

In Dinajpur, a minor girl and her grandmother were killed and two others injured as a truck hit a motorcycle in Koikuri area of Birganj upazila.

The deceased are Jui Aktar, 5, and her grandmother Jahura Bewa, 45, wife of late Abdur Rashid.

Officer-in-charge of Birganj police station Shakila Parvin said that the injured motorcyclist and another passenger were taken to Upazila Health Complex.

In another incident, a motorcyclist succumbed to his injuries at the hospital who was also ran over by a truck at Chirirbandar on Dinajpur-Fulbari highway.

The deceased was Hasan Ali, son of Fazlar Rahman, of Guriapara area of Chirirbandar upazila.

In Natore, two people were killed in separate accidents.

A man was killed and 10 others were injured after a cattle-laden human hauler plunged into a ditch near Ramaigachi area of Natore bypass road around 11:00am.

The identity of the deceased could not be known yet, said MozammelHaque, officer in-charge of Jhalmalia highway police.

The injured are being treated at Natore sadar hospital.

In another incident, Rahela Begum, 45, of Gopalpur area of Lalpur upazila, was crushed under the wheels of a bus in Garmati area of Baraigram upazila.

In Satkhira, Ali Reza, 35, a local trader, was killed and a student injured as a sand laden truck hit a motorcycle in Hulhulia Natun Bazar area of Kolaroa upazila in the morning.

Officer-in-charge of Kolaroa police station Moniruzzaman said the body was sent to Sadar hospital for autopsy. They also seized the truck and a case was filed, he said.