8 killed in road crashes in 3 districts

At least eight people were killed and 20 others injured in road accidents in Cox's Bazar, Chandpur and Magura districts on Friday, reports UNB.

In Cox's Bazar, three people were killed and 10 others injured when a truck plunged into a ditch near Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive at Noakhalipara Kochchopia of Teknaf around 1:30pm.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, said Pradeep Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station.

Two other people, including a woman, were killed and eight others injured as a bus and a microbus collided head-on on Cox's Bazar-Chattogram road in Khutakhali Medhakachchapia area around 1:00pm.

Sub-inspector of Malumghat Highway Police Jasim Uddin said they seized the buses and the bodies were sent to Sadar Hospital for autopsy.

The deceased are Raushon Ara, 42, wife of certain Khalilur Rahman of Uttar Phulchhari village of the upazila, and Sonak Paul, 27, son of Dipak Paul of Dulahazra area of the upazila.

In Magura, a father and minor boy were killed and mother injured in a head-on collision at Ichakha at night.

The deceased were Krishna Kumar Bashar, 32, and his son Samya Kumar Bashar, 5, of Laxmikandi village in Sadar upazila.

The accident took place on Dhaka-Magura Highway when a speeding microbus collided with their motorcycle around 8:30pm, leaving them critically injured, said Sirajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Magura Sadar Police Station.

On information, police took them to Magura Sadar Hospital where doctors declared the father and son dead, the OC said.

In another accident, a motorcyclist was killed on the spot when his bike crashed into a human-hauler at Kanchanpur village of Sadar upazila.

The deceased was identified as Sohagh Mollah, 25, son of Wahab Mollah of Chhaniarpara village in Shalikha upazila, police said.