13 killed in road accidents

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Staff Reporter :
At least 13 people were killed and 40 others injured in separate road accidents in Mymensingh, Faridpur and Gopalganj districts on Friday night and Saturday morning.
The injured persons were admitted to different hospitals for treatment and the bodies were kept in the hospitals for autopsy.
In Mymensingh, three persons were killed and 12 others injured in separate road accidents on Saturday morning.
Of them, three died and two others injured in a collision between a bus and a pick-up van at Bhaitkandi under Phulpur upazila.
The deceased were identified as Hridoy, 25, Shahid, 30, and Idris, 35.
Officer-in-charge of Phulpur Police Station Ali Ahmed Mollah said the injured were shifted to Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital for better treatment.
Two youths died and 10 others were injured when a bus overturned on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway at Hazirbazar under Bhaluka upazila at 8am on Saturday.
Officer-in-Charge of Bhaluka Police Station Mamun-or-Rashid said that a bus turned turtle on the highway as its driver lost control over the steering, leaving two passengers Ripon, 22, and Rasel, 25, dead on the spot and 10 others injured.
In Faridpur, three persons met death and eight others were injured in a collision between two buses on Dhaka-Magura Highway at Nowapara of Madhukhali upazila on Saturday morning.
Ruhul Amin, Officer-in-Charge of Madhukhali Police Station, said that the collision between a bus of Sohag Paribahan and another of Royal Paribahan took place around 9:00am, leaving Ayon, a passenger, dead on the spot while two others died in the hospital.
The injured were taken to Faridpur Medical College and Hospital.
In Gopalganj, three persons were killed and 20 others injured as a truck overturned at Gangarampur in Muksudpur upazila on Friday night.
A Bhola-bound fry-laden truck from Barisal overturned around 10:30pm after the truck driver lost its control over the steering, leaving Dulal Bepari, 50, and Gias Uddin, 28, from Bhola, dead on the spot.
The injured were taken to Rajoir Upazila Health Complex in Madaripur where physicians declared Billal Gazi, 32, dead.
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