3 killed in road accidents

Our correspondent from Tangail reports: A bicycle rider was killed in a road accident at Sadar upazila in the district yesterday.

The victim was identified as Mohammad Moktar Ali, 60, of Golabari village at Sadar upazila.

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Police said the accident took place at around 1:00pm when a North Bengal bound speeding bus from Dhaka ran over Mokter Ali on Dhaka-Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge highway at Gharinda area, leaving him died on the spot.

Police sent the body to Tangail General Hospital morgue for autopsy.

UNB from Natore adds: Two motorcyclists were killed as a bus hit a motorbike at Razzak crossing on Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway yesterday.

Sources said a Rajshahi-bound bus from Mymensingh hit a motorbike from behind at noon, leaving Swapan and Mannan injured critically.

The injured were rushed to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where they succumbed in the afternoon.