3 die in road crashes

Metro Desk
Three people were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka and Jhenidah yesterday. Staff correspondent reports: Day labourer Yusuf Gani, 30, of Bhola, was injured as a truck carrying him overturned at Darussalam in the capital. He succumbed to his injuries at Shahid Suhrawardy Hospital at around 4:15am. In another incident, an unidentified vehicle ran over Salimuddin Sarkar, 38, at Malibagh intersection at about 1:00am. He succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Our Jhenidah correspondent says: Young motorcyclist Asraful Islam, 14, son of Abdus Samad, died and another was injured as their bike hit a coconut tree at Kalikapur in the sadar upazila yesterday.