Road crashes kill 3, hurt 24

Three people were killed and 24 others injured in road accidents in five districts yesterday and on Tuesday.

In the capital, rickshaw-van puller Ofaz Mia, 55, of Keraniganj was killed after being rammed by a vehicle in Rayerbagh area yesterday.

In Gaibandha, Sirajul Islam, 30, of Kantair village was killed when a truck hit his tractor at Bokadaha on Gobindaganj-Ghoraghat road yesterday.

In Dinajpur, at least 22 passengers of a bus were injured as the vehicle fell into ditch created for constructing a bridge in Bajitpur village of Phulbari upazila yesterday.

In Pirojpur, two cops were injured when a bus run them over after it hit their motorcycle on Pirojpur-Sonnashi road near Nimtala Bus Stop in Zianagar upazila on Tuesday.

The injured are assistant sub-inspectors of Indurkani Police Station Selim Sordar, 40, and Mohasin, 45.

In Jamalpur, Sanchoy Dash, 9, of Uttar Gabergram village was killed as a tractor hit a rickshaw carrying him on Chadpur-Balijuri road in Balijuri Bazar area in Madarganj upazila yesterday.