News Desk :
At least five people were killed in separate road mishaps in Chapainawabganj, Kushtia and in Madaripur on Friday.
In Chapainawabganj, a mason was killed in a road accident at Baliadanga under Chapainawabganj sadar upazila on Friday morning.
The deceased was Rakib, 19, son of Rubel of Guptamanik Nakkatitala village under Dhainagar union of Chapainawabganj sadar upazila.
Police said the accident occurred as a Shibganj bound auto-rickshaw hit Rakib’s bicycle coming from the opposite direction in Kacharimore area under Baliadanga union at 7-30 am.
At this Rakib was seriously injured. He was rushed to the Chapainawabganj Sadar Hospital but the doctor on duty declared him dead, reports BSS.
The driver of the auto-rickshaw fled away.
Officer in Charge of Chapainawabganj Sadar Model Thana Mozaffar Hossain confirmed.
In Kushtia, two people were killed in separate road accidents in Kushtia, police said.
One of the deceased was identified as Mohsin Hossain, 35, a cigarette
factory worker and son of late Khatibur Rahman of Satbaria area in Bheramara upazila. The other deceased was Siam, 18, son of Daud of Chok Dhuboik village of the same area.
On Friday morning, Siam was seriously injured after his motorcycle was hit by a truck in Hawakhali field area of Dhubail union in Mirpur upazila, reports UNB.
According to locals, he died on the way to Kushtia Sadar Hospital. Officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station Golam Mostafa confirmed the death.
Meanwhile, on Thursday night another accident occurred at Allahdarga on Daulatpur-Bheramara road as a motorcycle was hit by a truck. The injured motorcyclist died on the way to Daulatpur Upazila Health Complex.
Officer-in-charge (OC) SM Jabid Hasan of Daulatpur Police said the body was recovered and sent to Kushtia General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
In Madaripur, two youths were killed as their motorcycle hit a bridge in Sadar upazila here on Thursday night.
The deceased were identified as Jony Farazi, 16, and Nayem Farazi, 15. Both were residents of Chachar village under the upazila. They were the students of Jalalpur High School.
Local people said the accident occurred at around 10 pm as their bike lost control and hit the Habiganj Bridge.
Initially, Jony and Nayem were rushed to Madaripur Sadar Hospital and later referred to Faridpur Medical College Hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries on Friday.
Officer-in-Charge of Madaripur Model Thana Md Kamrul Islam confirmed the matter.
