Nine killed in road accidents in Tangail, Kishoreganj

At least nine persons were killed in separate road accidents in Tangail and Kishoreganj districts yesterday and the day before.

In Tangail, three people were killed as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided with an oncoming, Jamalpur-bound bus of Rajib Paribahan near Nolia Grameen Bank area in Dhanbari upazila around 3:30pm yesterday, reports our Jamalpur correspondent.

The bus fled the scene immediately afterward.

The deceased were identified as: Akbar Ali, 55, auto-rickshaw driver and resident of Dhanbari; Omar Faruk, 50, and Khokon Mia, 45, both residents of Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur and passengers of the auto-rickshaw.

Akbar Ali died on the spot, while the two others succumbed to their injuries after being taken to Dhanbari Upazila Health Complex.

The bodies will be handed over to families after legal procedures. Police were trying to locate bus while legal action was under way, said Nurus Salam Siddique, officer-in-charge of Dhanbari Police Station.

In Kishoreganj, six were killed in separate road accidents in Sadar, Katiadi and Itna upazilas on Monday, reports our local correspondent.

A truck lost control and veered off the Bhairab-Kisshoreganj regional highway near Achmita George Institution in Katiadi upazila around 11:00am, and hit farmer Imon Mia, 26, on the roadside, leaving him dead on the spot, said Khurshed Alam, in-charge of Katiadi Highway Police Outpost.

A motorcycle rider, Md Irfan, 16, and his pillion, Md Naushad, 20, were critically injured after Irfan lost control on the motorcycle at Nilganj intersection of Kishoreganj Municipality around 2:00pm. Irfan died after being taken to Kishoreganj General Hospital. Naushad was admitted to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

A bus hit an oncoming CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Chauddashata area of Sadar upazila at noon, leaving an unidentified woman dead on the spot.

An unidentified child died after being hit by a motorcycle in Binnati area of sadar upazila in the afternoon.

Kishoreganj Sadar OC Md Abul Kalam Bhuiyan confirmed the incidents.

A truck hit a motorcycle coming from opposite direction in Mriga union of Itna upazila in the afternoon, leaving the motorcycle rider Jayanta Gope, 32, dead, confirmed union parishad chairman Darul Islam.