Road crashes kill seven, injure five

Seven people were killed and five others injured in road accidents in six districts yesterday and on Saturday.

In Chittagong, Sumaiya Akter, 8, daughter of Mohammad Hasan of Dakkhin Fedainagar was killed when a bus hit her while she was crossing Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Teriail area of Sitakunda upazila yesterday.

In Cox's Bazar, three people were killed as a bus rammed into a trolley in Islampur area on Cox's Bazar-Chittagong highway yesterday.

The deceased were Saiful Islam, Nurul Islam and Jasim uddin of Napitkhali area.

In Savar, RMG worker Md Rabiuzzaman, 36, of Lalmonirhat was killed when a microbus run him over while he was crossing Dhaka-Aricha highway in Hemayetpur yesterday.

In Patuakhali, five people were injured when a battery-run auto-rickshaw fell into a roadside ditch after it collided head-on with another vehicle on Patuakhai-Kalapara road at Masterbari point yesterday.

In Mymensingh, Sohrab Ali, 50, of Kamlapur village was killed when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw hit his motorcycle on Mymensingh-Tangail road at Lengrabazar in Muktagacha upazila on Saturday night.

In Bogra, Rubel Ahmed, 24, of Khamarkandi village died yesterday at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital after he was injured as a leguna hit his rickshaw on Bogra-Dhaka highway at Sherpur municipality on Saturday evening.