Road crashes kill 6, injure 35

Six people were killed and 35 others injured in road accidents in three districts yesterday.

In Dinajpur, three people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus dashed against a roadside tree on Dinajpur-Dhaka highway in Kushigari village of Ghoraghat upazila.

The deceased were bus driver Sultan Alam, 45, of Hakimpur upazila, Abdus Sattar, 22, of Biral upazila and Md Rayhan, 45, of Phulbari Sadar.

In Pabna, Hamida Begum, 55, of Nayabari village and another unidentified man were killed while five people injured when a bus fell into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Pabna highway in Madhpur area.

In Lalmonirhat, Zahar Ali, 44, of Gaibandha was killed when a bus hit him on Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway in Sarpukur area of Aditmari upazila.