Staff Reporter :
At least 17 people were killed and 40 others injured in separate road accidents in Brahmanbaria, Tangail and Madaripur districts on Friday, reports our correspondents.
In Brahmanbaria, eight people were killed and five others injured in collision between a bus and microbus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Bijoynagar area in the morning.
Of the deceased, seven were identified as Habibur Rahman, his sons Abu Sufian and Md Kamran, their relatives Morshedur Rahman, Ali Hossain, Abdul Hannan and Mokter Mia.
“All the victims were passengers of the microbus. They died on the spot,”
Officer-in-Charge of Bijaynagar Police Station Ali Ershad told The New Nation.
He said police recovered the bodies from the spot. The injured were taken to the district’s Health Complex. Later, one of them succumbed to his injuries there.
In Tangail, five people were killed and 25 others injured as a bus turned turtle in Pungli area under Kalihati upazila in the district.
The deceased are Asma Begun, 40, wife of Firoz Mia of Lalmonirhat, Asadul Habib, 15, son of Abbas Ali, Ripon, Shumon 25, and Monirul of Lalmonirhat.
“A Dhaka-bound passenger bus turned turtle when its driver lost his control over the steering in Pungli area around 4:15am on Friday, leaving 25 people injured,” Elenga Highway Police Outpost’s Sergeant Jahangir Alam told The New Nation.
He said, the injured were taken to Tangail Medical College Hospital’s emergency unit where five critically injured people succumbed to their injuries there.
In Madaripur, four people were killed and 15 others injured as a bus hit a three-wheeler, locally known as Mahendra, on Dhaka-Barisal Highway in Rajoir area of Madaripur around 12 noon.
Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Police said, two of them died on the spot and two succumbed to their injuries at Rajoir Upazila Health Complex.
At least 17 people were killed and 40 others injured in separate road accidents in Brahmanbaria, Tangail and Madaripur districts on Friday, reports our correspondents.
In Brahmanbaria, eight people were killed and five others injured in collision between a bus and microbus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Bijoynagar area in the morning.
Of the deceased, seven were identified as Habibur Rahman, his sons Abu Sufian and Md Kamran, their relatives Morshedur Rahman, Ali Hossain, Abdul Hannan and Mokter Mia.
“All the victims were passengers of the microbus. They died on the spot,”
Officer-in-Charge of Bijaynagar Police Station Ali Ershad told The New Nation.
He said police recovered the bodies from the spot. The injured were taken to the district’s Health Complex. Later, one of them succumbed to his injuries there.
In Tangail, five people were killed and 25 others injured as a bus turned turtle in Pungli area under Kalihati upazila in the district.
The deceased are Asma Begun, 40, wife of Firoz Mia of Lalmonirhat, Asadul Habib, 15, son of Abbas Ali, Ripon, Shumon 25, and Monirul of Lalmonirhat.
“A Dhaka-bound passenger bus turned turtle when its driver lost his control over the steering in Pungli area around 4:15am on Friday, leaving 25 people injured,” Elenga Highway Police Outpost’s Sergeant Jahangir Alam told The New Nation.
He said, the injured were taken to Tangail Medical College Hospital’s emergency unit where five critically injured people succumbed to their injuries there.
In Madaripur, four people were killed and 15 others injured as a bus hit a three-wheeler, locally known as Mahendra, on Dhaka-Barisal Highway in Rajoir area of Madaripur around 12 noon.
Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Police said, two of them died on the spot and two succumbed to their injuries at Rajoir Upazila Health Complex.
