Eight people killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Kurigram and Pabna districts on Thursday.
In Dhaka, a man was killed and another was injured in a motorcycle accident in central Badda on Wednesday night.
The victim was identified as Zafran Zaman, 35.
The person driving the motorbike identified as Golap, 33 was also injured in the accident.
Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police camp in-charge (Inspector) Md Bachchu Mia told BSS that at around 11pm in central Badda area, Golap, while driving suddenly saw a bus on the opposite
side of the road and hit hard break when Zaman fell off of the bike and got seriously injured.
Family sources say, locals rescued Zaman in critical condition and rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital when the duty doctor declared Zaman dead at midnight.
Badda police sources say, legal action will be taken in this regard. In Kurigram, four people including three members of a family were killed and two others injured when a bus hit a private car on Rangpur-Kurigram highway in Sadar upazila of Kurigram district on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Akbar Hossain, 58, senior technical officer of Narsingdi Sishu Paribar, his wire Bilkis Begum, 45,and their son Belal, 26 of Ulipur upazila of the district and the private car driver.
Akbar’s daughter Ayesha Siddiqua and the helper of the BRTC bus driver were among the injured. They are undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College and Hospital and Kurigram General Hospital.
The accident took place around 8:30 am when the but hit the private car carrying five people, leaving four dead on the spot and two others injured, said Anwarul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station.
The family met the tragic incident while they were heading towards their village home.
In Pabna, three people, including a schoolboy, have been killed when a bus smashed a van in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna district.
The incident took place at Chinakhora Bazar under Dulai union at about 1:00 am on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Sohel Rana, 16, a tenth grader of Chinakhora High School and son of Abul Qalam Ajad of Chinakhora area, Harun, 24, son of late Abul Kashem of Andharkota, in the upazila, and the van puller Ilias, 47, of Hasanpur in Santhia upazila of the district.
Dulai union parishad chairman Sirajul Islam Shahjahan said a Dhaka-bound bus hit the van, leaving the van puller dead on the spot and two others injured.
The injured were rushed to Pabna General Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared them dead. Madhabpur police outpost in-charge Ali Reza confirmed the accident.
