Road crashes kill 9 in 4 dists

Crumpled CNG-run auto-rickshaw. Photo: Alam Palash
Crumpled CNG-run auto-rickshaw. Photo: Alam Palash

At least nine people were killed in separate road accidents in Chandpur, Feni, Chuadanga and Lakshmipur on Sunday, reports UNB.

In Chandpur, at least six people, including a woman and her son, were killed after a bus hit an auto-rickshaw in Shahrasti upazila.

The deceased were identified as Jannatul Ferdous, 28, her son Ruman, 8, Ranjit Chandra, 52, Fakhrul Islam, 75, Mohammad Shahjahan, 45 and Abul Kalam, 62.

Five auto-rickshaw passengers were killed on the spot and two others injured in the accident on Chandpur-Cumilla regional road in Kakoirtola around 9:00am, said Shah Alam, officer-in-charge of Shahrasti police station.

Among the injured, Shahjahan died on the way to a hospital.

In Feni, a man was killed and two others injured after a truck hit an auto-rickshaw at Anandapur in Fulgazi in the morning.

The deceased was Khorshed Alam, 45. The injured were admitted to Feni Sadar Hospital.

In Chuadanga, a motorcyclist died after being hit by a truck.

Police named the victim as Shanto Miah, 30, son of Asir Uddin, resident of Makhaldanga village.

The accident took place on Chuadanga-Meherpur road at Bhalaipur intersection in Sadarupazila around 5:00am, said Abdus Salam, deputy director of Chuadanga fire service.

In Lakshmipur, the death of a madrasa student in a road accident sparked protest at Shakchar area in Sadarupazila in the morning.

Yasin, class III student of local Hamid Miazi Madrasa, was killed after a speeding pickup van hit him while he was crossing the road for on his way to the madrasa around 10:00am.

Agitated locals blocked the road and halted vehicular movement.

Police later intervened and brought the situation under control, said Md Lokman Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station.