5 killed, 6 injured in road accidents

Five people were killed and six injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

In Jashore, two people were killed and five injured as a bus collided with an easy bike on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Abhaynagar upazila.

One of the deceased is easy bike driver Shahid Morol (40) from the upazila. Identity of the other deceased could not be known yet.

Four of the injured are Babul, Rohidul, Ramzan and Ali Rahman. They hail from Chapainawabganj.

Noapara Fire Service and Civil Defence members admitted them to Khulna Medical College Hospital.

The bus driver and his assistant fled the scene after the accident, said police.

In Panchagarh, two people were killed and another was injured as a tractor pulling an excavator fell into a roadside ditch at Kamalapur village in Sadar upazila.

The deceased were identified as excavator operator Muktar Hossain (25) from Duoshuo village, and tractor driver Abdur Rahman (35) from Goalkari village in Thakurgaon.

Firefighters took the victims to Panchagarh Sadar Hospital where doctors declared Muktar and Abdur Rahman dead. The injured -- Sukumar Roy (22) from Palashbari in the upazila -- was transferred to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital, said fire service officials.

Meanwhile, Abdus Salam (7), son of Abir Hossain, was killed as a microbus ran him over on Buraburi-Shanbahan road at Nawapara village in Tentulia upazila, said police.