Staff Reporter :
At least nine persons were killed and 35 others injured in separate road accidents in Madhabdi and Shibpur upazilas of Narsingdi district on Monday.
The accidents occurred between 7am and 9am on Monday morning.
The deceased have been sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and Narsingdi General Hospital (NGH) for autopsy.
The injured have been admitted to DMCH, NGH and different other hospitals of Dhaka and Narsingdi districts for treatment.
In Madhabdi, six people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on the Dhaka-Sylhet
Highway in Kandail area about 6:30am.
Of them, two deceased have been identified as Babul Hossain and Rezaul Karim from Bianibazar of Sylhet district.
Officer-in-Charge of Madhabdi Police Station Elias Miah said the accident took place when a Narayanganj-bound bus collided with the Beanibazar-bound microbus, leaving four passengers of the microbus dead on the spot and 25 others injured. Three of them were injured critically.
Later one of them died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital and another died in Narsingdi General Hospital.
In Shibpur, three persons were killed and 10 others injured when a bus hit a human hauler in Kararchar area around 9:30am.
The deceased were identified as Arman, 50, a schoolteacher, Masum 45, an imam, and Sohag, 22.
The accident happened as the bus hit the human hauler (locally named as Leguna) in the area, leaving Arman dead on the spot and five others, including Masum and Sohag, injured.
The injured were rushed to the hospital where Masum and Sohag succumbed to their injuries.
Inspector of Itakhola Police Outpost Hafizur Rahman said the two vehicles had been seized after the incident.
