At least seven people were killed and many other in two separate road accident in Tangail and Jamalpur districts on Friday.
At least four people were killed and 10 other s injured when a passenger bus collided head on with a truck at Kalihati link road on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Tangail district in the early hours Friday
The accident occurred at around 1:00 am, but the identity of the victims was not confirmed immediately, police sources said. The injured were admitted to Tangail General Hospital for treatment.
A Mymensingh bound bus left from the capital reached at Mymensingh link road on Dhaka-Tangail highway collided with a truck left from Kalihati leaving four people dead on the spot, said Mohammad Nannu Khan, In-Charge of Alenga highway police outpost.
The incident along with incessant rain caused a gridlock within 10 kilometers on Dhaka-Tangail highway.
BSS adds; at least three persons were killed and another was injured in a road accident on the Jamalpur-Tangail road in Sadar upazila on Friday.
The victims are: Khokan Mahmud, 45, a resident of Kapas Hatia village, Abdul Malek, 53, of Sheikh Sadi village in Melandah upazila and Md Mostafizur Rahman, 55, of Megha Nayapara village in Jamalpur Sadar upazila.
Police said the accident took place around 6.30 am when a truck hit a battery-run easy bike in Belita area of the upazila, leaving easy bike driver Khokan dead on the spot and its three passengers injured.
The injured were sent to a local hospital where two succumbed to their injuries, said Faysal M Atiqik, Officer-in-Charge of Sadar Police Station.
