Road crashes kill 10, injure 20

Ten people were killed and 20 others injured in road accidents in six districts yesterday and Wednesday.

In Sirajganj, two people were killed and 15 others injured a bus hit human-hauler on Bogra-Nagarbari highway in Raiganj upazila yesterday.

The deceased could not be identified immediately.

Meanwhile, Abu Bakkar Siddique, 65, of Amdanga village was crushed under a bus in Panchliya Bazar area under Salanga Police Station of the district yesterday.

In Gazipur, two unidentified people were killed as a covered-van and a bus collided head-on at Bhogra bypass intersection yesterday.

In Sherpur, two people were killed and two others injured when a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided head-on on Sherpur-Jhinaigati road near Bogadubi Bridge.

The deceased were Monda Begum, 45, of Bondobhatpara village and her grand-daughter Urmi Bagum, 5.

In Mymensingh, Johor Uddin, 57, of Durbar Char village was killed when a bus ran him over while he was crossing the road at Kaltapara in Gouripur upazila on Wednesday night.

In Thakurgaon, Darul Islam, 38, of Islamnagar village was killed when a three-wheeler hit him while he was crossing Thakurgaon Sadar-Thakurgaon Railway Station road near Shuk Bridge yesterday.

In Bogra, Rini Begum, 40, of Hatibandha was killed and three people were injured when a three-wheeler skidded off the Bogra-Shariakandi road in Amtoli area of Shariakandi upazila yesterday.