Road crashes kill 6, injure 8

Five people were killed and two others injured when a truck collided head-on with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Mymensingh-Tangail road in Bhabki area of Muktagachha upazila in Mymensingh yesterday.

The deceased were Alal Hossain, 40, Samir Talukder, 35, Akbar Ali, Jalal Uddin, 40, and Shafiqul Islam, 35. All hailed from Muktagachha.

In Thakurgaon, Nasirul Islam, 26, of Jothpara village died and six people were injured when a bus collided head-on with a human-hauler at Chandanchahat village in Ranishankoil upazila on Friday.