11 killed, 29 hurt in road accidents
Eleven people were killed and 29 others injured in separate road accidents in Gaibandha, Faridpur, Dinajpur, Jenidah and Natore yesterday.
Our correspondent from Gaibandha reports: Five persons were killed and 15 others injured when a microbus and a bus collided head-on on Bogra-Rangpur highway at Boali yesterday. The deceased are Helaluddin, 45, Ruma, 26, Sifat Babu, 6, Ananna, 10 and Eti, 7.
Our correspondent from Faridpur adds: Two people were killed and 12 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Moslondopur in Modhukhali upazila of Faridpur yesterday.
The deceased are Motam Gazi, 22, of Koira village of Khulna and Sajib, 23, driver of the bus of Lohagara of Naril.
Our correspondent from Dinajpur says: Two people were killed and two other injured in separate road accidents in the district yesterday.
The first accident took place when a bus hit a motorcycle at Birampur upazila, leaving Badiuzzaman,18, dead on the spot.
Second one occurred when a speedy truck hit Kanduribala, 69, on Parbatipur-Saidpur highway at Parbatipur upazila early yesterday.
Our correspondent from Jhenidah adds: A bicyclist, Abdus Satter, 40, was killed under the wheels of a picnic bus at Gulshanmor of Kaliganj upazila yesterday.
Our correspondent from Natore reports: A rickshaw van puller, Abdul matin, 40, was killed when his wood-laden van flipped on him at Khezultala of Sadar upazila yesterday.
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