5 killed, 12 injured in road accidents

Five people were killed and 12 were injured in separate road accidents across the country over the last two days, report our correspondents.

In Pirojpur Sadar upazila, a Jubo League leader died in a road accident yesterday, reports our Pirojpur correspondent.

The deceased is Saiful Islam Jemi (35) from Dakkhin Sankarpasha village  in the upazila. He was the organising secretary of Pirojpur Sadar Upazila Jubo League.

Quoting locals, Md Nurul Islam Badal,  officer-in-charge of Pirojpur Sadar Police Station, said Jemi was  riding his motorbike with a friend on Pirojpur-Parerhat road at  Mollikbari area around 12pm. The accident occurred after he  suddenly overtook a truck running in front of him. However, he had to  break as a locally improvised vehicle was coming from the opposite side.

As he stood on  the road, the same truck he overtook hit his vehicle from behind. This  left Jemi, his friend, and a passerby badly injured. Locals immediately took the injured to Pirojpur district hospital, but on-duty doctors declared Jemi dead.

After the accident, cops seized the truck and detained its driver and helper, the OC said. Filing of a case was under process, he added.

Deceased Jemi  had at least five criminal cases, including one for murder, filed with  Pirojpur and Indurkani Police Stations, said OC Badal.

Locals said alleged Jemi used to run a gang and was involved with extortion, selling  drugs, assault and other criminal activities.

In the capital, a woman was killed and five others, including four of  her family members, were injured in a road accident at Mahisasi area of  Dhamrai early yesterday.

 The deceased was identified as Zohura Begum (32), reports our Savar correspondent.

  The accident occurred at Mahisasi Bazar area around 11am when a Dhaka-bound passenger bus of SB Link lost control and hit an  auto-rickshaw carrying five members of Zohura’s family, said Dhamrai  police. The collision left six people injured, including Zohura, in  critical condition.

 The injured were rushed to Dhamrai Upazila  Health Complex, where on-duty doctors declared Zohura dead. The others  are cleared of danger, police said.

 The bus was seized and its driver Kaium has been detained.

In  another accident in Thakurgaon, a motorcyclist was killed and his  pillion passenger was injured in a road  accident at  Chandanchahat village in Ranishankoil upazila on Sunday night.

The   deceased was identified as Motiur Rahman (30) of Baliadangi upazila of the district, reports our Thakurgaon  correspondent.

OC of Ranishankoil Police Station  Abdul Mannan said the accident occurred around 7:30pm  when a pick-up van  hit a motorbike from the opposite  direction, leaving Motiur dead on the  spot and pillion passenger Raihan (28) critically injured.

On  information, police and  fire-fighters went to the spot and took the  injured to  Baliadangi Upazila Health Complex, from where he was later  referred to Rangpur Medical College Hospital. Police seized the vehicle  but its driver managed to escape.

A case was filed in this connection, the OC said.

In  Madaripur, two people were killed and four others were injured in two  separate road accidents in Madaripur over the last two days, reports our  Faridpur correspondent.

In Kalkini upazila, Md Karim Khan (25), a  three-wheeler driver, died on the spot after a Barishal-bound bus of  BRTC collided head-on with his vehicle at Kornarpara area yesterday  morning. The collision also injured three other passengers, quoting  locals, Abdul Ohab, OC of Dashar Police Station, said.

In  Shibchar, Sahadat Kholifa (22) died after losing control of his  motorcycle and crashing it on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Bararkandi on  Sunday night. This killed Shahadat on the spot and injured another,  quoting locals, Abir Hossain, ASP of Shibchar circle said.