News Desk :
At least eight people killed in Dinajpur, Sunamganj and Barishal road crashes on Sunday.
In Dinajpur: Three friends were killed when a speeding truck rammed into the motorcycle they riding after admission into school at Birganjupazila in Dinajpur on Sunday, a fire service official said.
The deceased were identified as Sahadat, 15, son of Afsar Ali, Shahriar Shuvo, 15, son of Jahangir Hossain, and Muzahid Hossain, 14, son of Sukkur Ali. All the deceased were from Makrai village of Birganj upazila.
The three were out on joyride after completing admission process into their respective classes at Kabi Nazrul High School in Birganj, reports UNB.
The accident occurred on Dinajpur-Panchagarh road. Sahadat and Shuvo died on the spot.Muzahid was rushed to Birganj Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead, confirmed Meraz Ali, an officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence in Birganj.
In a separate accident also on Sundayvegetable trader Md Rajib Uddin, of Uttar Katla village in Birampur,was killed when his vehicle overturned after being hit by an army vehicle at Doel intersection in Birampur, confirmed Sumon Kumar Mohonto, officer-in-charge of Birampur Police Station.
In Sunamganj: Two people were killed when a tractor rammed a CNG run auto-rickshaw at Aliganj on Dhaka-Sunamganj highway in Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj district on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Shuvo, 25, of Brahmanbaria district and Amir Hossain, 55, of Jagannathpur upazila.
The accident occurred around 8 am when the tractor hit the Raniganj-bound auto-rickshaw, leaving two people dead on the spot, said sub-inspector Obayed Ullah of Jagannathpur Police Station, reports UNB.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to a local hospital morgue.
In Barishal: Three people, including an expatriate, were killed as a motorbike carrying them crashed into a roadside three at Kajirhat in Muladi upazila of Barishal district on Sunday.
The deceased are Idirs Hawlader,60, of Boriya Kazirchar area, Harun Noli,45 and Rajib Noli, an Oman expatriate and son of Monself Ali of the same area.
Muladi police station Officer-in- Charge M Maksudur Rahman said when the three people were going to Mirganj from Boriya Kazirchat their motorbike overturned after hitting a tree, leaving them dead on the spot, reports UNB. The bodies will be sent to a hospital morgue, he added.
