Staff Reporter :
At least nine people were killed in separate road accidents in Gazipur, Dhaka city, Savar and Natore on Tuesday.
About 20 people were also injured in the accidents. They were admitted in different hospitals near the incident places for treatment.
Of the deceased six were identified, but three others could not be identified till the filling of this report at 9pm on Tuesday night.
In Gazipur, five persons including a woman were killed and 10 others injured in an accident on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway at Sripur.
Of the deceased, the woman was identified only as Sharmin, 29. The injured were taken to local hospitals.
Mawna Highway Police Officer-in-Charge Hafizur Rahman said that a truck was parked beside the highway in Jainabazar area when a Sherpur bound bus hit the truck from behind around 11:00am.In Dhaka, a man and his nephew were killed when a truck hit their motorcycle in Dholaipar area under Shyampur thana. The deceased were identified as Md Alamgir Bhuiya, 40, son of Abdul Kuddus Bhuiyan, and his nephew Md Abdur Rahim, 10, son of Khokon Bhuiyan.
Sub-inspector Bachchu Miah, in charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police camp, said the truck hit the motorcycle in the area around 11:30pm on Monday, leaving the duo injured.
They were rushed to DMCH, but the physicians declared them dead early Tuesday.
In Savar, a member of police was crushed under a bus on Dhaka-Aricha Highway near Aminbazar, on the outskirts of the capital, early Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Sabur Miah, 50, a havildar of Rajarbagh Police Lines.
Officer-in-Charge of Savar Police Station SM Kamruzzaman said the bus struck Sabur when he was performing his duty in the area around 12:00am, leaving him critically injured. He was taken to Enam Medical College Hospital where physicians declared him dead.
The body was sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.
In Natore, a rickshaw-van puller was killed when a truck rammed into his van in Moukhara area on the Ahamadpur-Gurudaspur Road in Baraigram upazila on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Sahadat Hossain, 15, son of Sahinur Rahman, a resident of village Kalakantonagar under Gurudaspur upazila of the district.
Police said that the accident occurred when a speedy truck hit the fruit-laden van in the area at about 9:00am, leaving the van-puller dead on the spot.
