Road crashes kill 5, hurt 90

Five people were killed and 90 others injured in road accidents in four districts yesterday.

In Chittagong, Mohammed Mostofa, 35, of Bhujpur area was killed and a person injured when a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Joigunerhat area of Fatikchhari upazila.

In the city, Abul Bashar, 45, manager of Bartex Apparel Ltd was killed when a three-wheeler turned turtle at Manchhurabad in Double Mooring area.

In Dinajpur, Anju Ara, 26, of Tentulia village was killed when a truck hit her while she was drying paddy on Phulbari-Parbatripur road in the village of Phulbari upazila.

In Kurigram Sadar, Nur Hossain, 48, of Nawanipara village was killed and 25 passengers were injured as a bus fell into a roadside ditch near Kurigram-Rangpur highway in Trimohani area.

In Nilphamari, Taslima Begum, 8, daughter of Mazedul Islam of Dolua village was killed as a bus hit her before falling into a roadside ditch near Dhaka-Panchagarh highway at Kolabagan point under Saidpur upazila.

Around 64 passengers of the bus were injured.