Staff Reporter :At least nine people were killed and 20 others injured in separate road crashes in Dhaka, Cox’s Bazar and Gazipur on Tuesday.The bodies were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) and Dulahazra Christian Memorial Hospital for autopsy. The injured were also taken for treatment at hospitals in their respective areas.In Cox’s Bazar, five people, including two women, were killed and several others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup van in Chakoria Upazila in the morning.The deceased were identified as Tarek Mia, 16, Ahmedul Karim, 18, Abu Syed, 60, Nurunnahar, 55, and her daughter Ayesha Begum, 13.The accident took place at Fasiakhali area on Cox’s Bazar-Chittagong highway about 11:30am when a Cox’s Bazar-bound bus of ‘Unique Paribahan’ collided with a Chakoria-bound pickup van, locally known as ‘Magic vehicle’, leaving four dead on the spot, said Anwar Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Malumghat Police Outpost.Nurunnahar succumbed to her injuries after she was rushed to Chakoria Upazila Health Complex.The other injured were admitted to Chakoria Upazila Health Complex, Chittagong Medical College Hospital and Malumghat Christian Memorial Hospital. The number of people injured is yet to be known.Meanwhile, police seized the vehicles.Three people were killed in separate road crashes in Kaliakoir and Sreepur upazilas of Gazipur district, on Tuesday.Abdul Motaleb, officer-in-charge of Kaliakoir Police Station, said two unidentified pedestrians were killed when a North Bengal-bound bus ran over them while crossing road in Kaliakoir Bypass area at noon.Meanwhile, Moly Begum, 35, wife of Ismail Hossain of Bhaluka Upazila in was killed when a pick-up van knocked her down on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at MC Bazar in Sreepur Upazila around 11:30 am, said Helalul Islam, officer-in-charge of Mawna Highway Police.In Dhaka, a man was killed and five others were injured in a road crash in the capital’s Gabtoli on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Hannan, a manager of a restaurant. Police said that a bus and two cars rammed each other about 10:45am. Hannan was rushed to the Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital before being shifted to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), where the doctors declared him dead.
