2 killed, 21 hurt in road accident

Police said, a Nagarbari-bound bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Chariashikha on Bogra-Nagarbari highway on Monday night killing its helper Zohirul Islam, 25, on the spot.

Twenty-one passengers were also injured in the accident. Of them, 11 were admitted to Ullapara health complex and Sadar hospital.

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In another incident, a rickshaw van passenger was crushed under the wheels of a bus at Kamarpara in Belkuchi upazila on Tuesday.

Another report from Lalmonirhat adds: Separate road accidents killed three people in the district on Saturday and Sunday.

Police said Shabuj, 7, son of Iqramul from Kamarpara was run over by a bus at Bhelabari in Aditmari upazila on Saturday while Doli Miah, 70, at Shaptibari in the same upazila met the same fate on Sunday.

In another accident, Beauty Begum, 8, daughter of Afzal Hossain of Kismat Chandrapur village, died on the spot when a speeding bus knocked her in Namuri area on Sunday.