4 killed, 18 hurt in road accidents

Four people were killed and 18 others injured in road accidents in three districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

In Sylhet, two people were killed and 12 others were injured as two buses collided head-on and another bus hit them from behind on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Dayamir area, said Md Morshedul Hasan Bhuiyan, officer-in-charge of Osmaninagar Police Station.

The deceased were identified as Md Mujibur Rahman, 55, from Dashai Hawladar village in Naria upazila of Shariatpur; and Bakul Rabidas, 26, from Kaponkhalpar village in Osmaninagar. 

Firefighters from Tajpur along with police carried out rescue operations and took the injured to a nearby hospital.

In Sunamganj, a bus collided head-on with a pickup on the Sylhet-Sunamganj regional highway in Bhuiyan Gaon area of Chhatak upazila, leaving the pickup driver dead and at least five others injured.

The driver -- whose identity could not be known immediately -- died on the spot.

Suman Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Jaikalash Highway Police Station, said the bus fell into a roadside ditch.

In Chattogram, a motorcycle rider was killed and another injured in a collision with a car, locally known as Chander Gari, on Khiram-Nanupur in Lombatila area of Fatikchhari upazila.

Mohammad Shakil, 41, from Mogkata village in Khiram area, died on the spot, said police.

The injured -- Alauddin Talukder from Anwara upazuila, who was on the bike -- was taken to Chattogramj Medical College Hospital.

The accident might have occurred due to poor visibility amid dense fog in the morning, said police.