Road crashes kill 9

Eight people were killed and 45 others injured in road accidents in three districts yesterday and Saturday.

In Rajbari, five people were killed and 34 others injured in a head-on-collision between two buses on Kushtia-Gualondo highway in Daulatdia upazila yesterday.

The deceased were Zakir Hossain, Asaduzzaman, Abdur Rahim, Asgor Ali, and Abu Shama.

Following the incident, vehicular traffic came to a halt on the highway for two hours.

In Barisal, three people, including an on-duty highway police, were killed and six others injured when a bus rammed into a three-wheeler and hit the cop and a pedestrian on Barisal-Dhaka highway near Gournadi Bus Stand yesterday.

The deceased were Zahid Hossain, 35, a constable of Gournadi Highway Police Station, Siraj Sardar, 56, and Shahjada Sharif, 44.

In Mymensingh, Babu Miah, 20, of Shimulpara was killed and five others were injured when a bus turned turtle on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Jamirdia area of Bhaluka upazila on Saturday night.