Staff Reporter :
At least 10 people were killed and 12 others injured in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chandina and Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in last 24 hours since Sunday afternoon, police said.
In Comilla, at least seven passengers were killed and eight others injured when a bus skidded off Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chandina upazila at night.
The Dhaka-bound bus of Tisha Paribahan skidded off the roadside ditch after the driver lost control over the steering in Nuritala area around 12:00, said Anwarullah Mridha, Oficer-in-Charge of Chandina Police Station.
The bodies were sent to Chandina Health Complex, police official said.
In Rangpur, three persons were died and four others injured when a pickup and a truck collided head on at Jaigirhat Bus Stand in Mithapukur upazila area around 4:15am on Monday, said Borodoroga Highway Police Outpost OC Hafizur Rahman.
The pickup was carrying eight to ten passengers from Rangpur to Bogra when it crashed into a fertilizer ladden truck speeding from the opposite direction.
Three died on the spot and four others injured were admitted to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital, said the OC.
At least 10 people were killed and 12 others injured in separate road accidents on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chandina and Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in last 24 hours since Sunday afternoon, police said.
In Comilla, at least seven passengers were killed and eight others injured when a bus skidded off Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chandina upazila at night.
The Dhaka-bound bus of Tisha Paribahan skidded off the roadside ditch after the driver lost control over the steering in Nuritala area around 12:00, said Anwarullah Mridha, Oficer-in-Charge of Chandina Police Station.
The bodies were sent to Chandina Health Complex, police official said.
In Rangpur, three persons were died and four others injured when a pickup and a truck collided head on at Jaigirhat Bus Stand in Mithapukur upazila area around 4:15am on Monday, said Borodoroga Highway Police Outpost OC Hafizur Rahman.
The pickup was carrying eight to ten passengers from Rangpur to Bogra when it crashed into a fertilizer ladden truck speeding from the opposite direction.
Three died on the spot and four others injured were admitted to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital, said the OC.
