Road crashes kill 5

Five people were killed and 16 others were injured in road accidents in five districts yesterday and Friday.

In Chapainawabganj Sadar, Nur-e-Alam Siddique, 30, of Rajshahi was killed and his two co-riders were injured when a truck hit his motorcycle as the driver lost control over the steering on Amnura-Godagari road in Kendul village yesterday.

In Chittagong, four passengers were injured when a bus turned turtle on Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway in Noya Khaler Mukh area of Satkania upazila yesterday.

In Dinajpur, Sagar Hossain Mondal, 23, of Palpara village was killed when his motorcycle hit a railing of a bridge near Boaldar village in Hakimpur upazila on Friday.

In Rangpur, five people were injured when a three-wheeler fell into a roadside ditch as the driver lost control over the steering on Badarganj-Dinajpur road at Tochha intersection in Badarganj upazila on Friday.

In the same upazila, Abdur Rashid, 70, of Makarerpara village was killed when a tractor hit his bicycle on Dalua-Mondalerhat road in Mondalerhat area yesterday.

In Bagerhat, two people were killed and five others injured when a bus hit a rickshaw-van and a motorcycle before ploughing through a roadside stall in Fakirhat Chourasta area beside Bagerhat-Mawa highway yesterday.

The deceased were Monalisa Akter Munna, 16, of Par Dumuria village and Obadiul Khalifa, 26, of Kaligati village.