Our Correspondent :
At least seven people were killed and 15 others were injured in three separate road accidents in the port city of Chattogram on Friday.
The accidents happened at Karnaphuli upazila, EPZ and South Pahartali area on the Bandar Road.
Of the seven, three were identified as Arefa Begum, 45, Ayesha Akter Mim, 8, and Rezaul Karim, 24, said officials.
Three persons were killed and 15 others injured when two buses collided head on at Choumuhoni area.
Three people also died at EPZ Steel Mills area when a speeding minibus ran over them, while one was killed when another speeding truck ran over him at Sagarpar area of South Pahartali.
The accident occurred when a bus ran over the three pedestrians in the area, he said, adding that police detained the bus driver Ashik and seized the minibus from the spot.
Another accident occurred at College Bazar of Karnaphuli area at about 3:15pm when two people were killed and others 17 injured, Dulal Mahmud, officer-in-charge of Karnaphuli police station, said.
He said the accident took place when a BRTC bus, a local bus and a CNG-run auto rickshaw collided head-on at the College Bazar area.
The two deceased were identified as Nurul Absar, son of Nurul Amin of village Dakkhin Malia under Patia upazila, and an 18-year-okd unidentified youth. The 17 injured who were undergoing treatment at the Ward No. 27 of Chattogram Medical College Hospital were identified as Daisey Sardar, 35, Rubel, 32, Sumon Dey, 28, Sumon Chowdhury, 30, Liton Deb, 45, Rahmat Ali, 45, Pintu Das, 30, Kabir Biswas, 50, Belal, 37, Mujib Ullah, 55, Iqbal, 20, Rezia Begum, 32, Sohag, 32, and Idris, 50. The two other injured could not be identified.
Doctors said condition of the several injured was very critical.
