Twelve people, including a student and two teachers, were killed and 17 other people injured in accidents in Cox’s Bazar, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Jhenidah, Tangail , Rajshahi, Panchagarh and Chuadanga districts on Saturday.
In Cox’s Bazar, four people, including two siblings, were killed and seven others were injured as a microbus hit a tree beside the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway in Chakaria upazila in the morning.
The deceased were identified as microbus driver Amir Hossain, 35, a resident of Basabo in the capital of Dhaka, Ayesha Akter Shilpi, 20, wife of Mohammad Ziku of Manda upazila in Bogra, and her sister Kulsuma Akter, 25, wife of Asaduzzaman Bappi of Louhajong upazila in Munshiganj and Golam Kibria, 40.The accident took place around 8.30am while they were going to Cox’s Bazar from Dhaka, leaving two people dead on the spot and nine others injured, said Mohammad Farhad, assistant superintendent of police of Chittagong Zone Highway.
The injured were taken to Chakaria upazila health complex where doctors declared two of them dead.
In Dhaka, Dhaka National Medical College student Sadia, 22, daughter of Mohammad Hasanuzzaman of Rajshahi district, suffered injuries as a private car hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw carrying her at Nayabazar in the city’s Bangshal area around 6am while she was going to her college, said sub-inspector of Bangshal Police Station Enamul.
Sadia was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared her dead around 7.50am, said sub-inspector Bachchu Miah, also in-charge of the DMCH police camp.
In Dinajpur, Rafiqul Islam, an assistant teacher of Nashipur School and College, was killed and another person was injured as a bus hit their motorcycle on Dinajpur-Rangpur highway in Noshipur area of Sadar upazila around 8:30am.
The accident took place when Rafiqul along with another teacher Majibur Rahman was going to school.
After the accident, teachers and students of the school took to the streets and blocked the highway for two hours demanding a speed-breaker in front of the school.
In Jhenidah, a college teacher was killed and another teacher was injured as their motorcycle hit a roadside tree on Jhenidah-Chuadanga highway in Atharo Mile area of Sadar upazila around 10.30am.
The deceased was Ehetashamul Haque Natun, 48, an associate professor of Economics Department of Chuadanga Government College while the injured was Jahangir Alam, an associate professor of Political Science Department of the college.
In Tangail, Sathi Akhter, 20, wife of Md Rajib of Korotia of Sadar upazila, and her seven-month old son Shakhawat were killed and three people, including her husband, were injured as a truck hit a scooter in Ashekmor area of the district town around 11:45am.
Police arrested the truck driver Sohel.
In Rajshahi, a bicyclist was killed as a truck hit his vehicle on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway in Sluice gate area of Godagari upazila around 11am.
The deceased was identified as Rezaul Karim, 56, resident of Somaspur village of the upazila.
In Panchagarh, microbus passenger Monwar Hossain, 35, son of Sabir Ali of Nilphamari district, died on the spot and four other passengers of the vehicle suffered injuries as it hit a roadside tree in Sakoa patrol pump area of Boda upazila here around 5am after its driver lost control of the steering, said officer-in-charge of Boda Police Station AKM Nurul Islam.
The injured were taken to Rangpur Medical College Hospital. In Chuadanga, a speeding truck hit a motorcycle at Dosto village in Sadar upazila in the afternoon, leaving biker Arif Hossain, 25, son of late Azibar Mandal of Khajura village in Jhedidah district, injured. He was taken to Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
