5 killed in road crashes
Five people including an honours student were killed and 24 others injured in road accidents in Satkhira, Bagerhat, Magura, and Chittagong yesterday.
Our Satkhira correspondent reports: A minor girl and an elderly man were killed in separate road accidents in Shyamnagar and Kaliganj upazilas yesterday.
Dead are Farida Khatun, 11, daughter of Faruk Hossain of the village Munshiganj, and Rajab Ali Mollah, 60, of the village Atulia in Shyamnagar upazila.
Farida died on the spot after being knocked down by a covered van near a road in her village.
Rajab Ali suffered injuries after a motorcycle hit him from behind on Satkhira-Kaliganj road at Bharashimla in Kaliganj upazila around 11:00am. He died at Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex one hour later.
Our Bagerhat correspondent says: A second-year honours student died after a bus hit his bicycle near Jugikhali bridge on Khulna-Mongla highway in Fakirhat upazila yesterday.
Deceased is Aminul Islam Sumon, 21, son of Sheikh Abdul Kader of Khajura village under the same upazila. He studied at Azam Khan Commerce College.
Aminul succumbed to his injuries en route to Abdul Wadud Memorial Hospital in Rupsha upazila, Khulna.
Our Magura correspondent adds: A woman was killed and 20 others wounded in a bus-truck collision on Magura-Jhenidah highway in Ichhakhada of Magura sadar upazila yesterday.
Deceased is Shormili Begum, 40, of Meherpur municipality area. Of the injured, 11 were admitted to Magura sadar hospital.
Staff correspondent from Ctg reports: A person was killed and four others injured as a bus rammed a truck parked by the roadside at Badamtali under Mirsarai Police Station in Chittagong early yesterday.
Deceased is Elias, 45, of Harina Dighi under Fatikchhari upazila in Chittagong. Elias was declared dead in Chittagong Medical College Hospital where four injured passengers of the bus are now under treatment.
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