At least nine people, including a sub-inspector of police, were killed in separate road accidents in five districts-- Tangail, Chuadanga, Noakhali and Cumilla-- on Monday.
In Tangail, at least six passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed in a road accident at Hossain market Bottola area in Mirzapur upazila in the district in the monirng.
The deceased were identified as Hridoy , 18, of Beltoil village, Sonam Uddin, 60, Mashraful, 8, Jakir Hossain, 40, Hafiz Uddin, 60, and his daughter Renu Akter, 25, of Kuratoly village in the upazila.
Sub-inspector Rafikul Islam, in-charge of Dewhata Police out-post, said that when a Sakhipur-bound CNG-run auto-rickshaw overturned on the road after being hit by a Goran-bound private car a sand-laden truck rammed it, killing three of its passengers dead on the spot. Police seized the private car and the truck but their driversmanaged to flee, said the SI.
In Chuadanga, a sub-inspector of police of Damurhuda police station was crushed under wheels of a truck near Odut Shah Degree College on Jibannagar-Chuadanga road in Damurhuda upazila in district, reports our Chuadanga Correspondent
The deceased was identified as Milton Sarker Opu, sub-inspector of Damurhuda police station and son of Subas Chandra Sarker of village Ranapasha in Nolcity thana of Jhalokathi.
According to police, the SI went out to perform his duty by motorcycle. When he appeared at the incident place a Chuadanga bound truck collided head on the motor cycle leaving him dead. On information police rushed to the spot and recovered the body.
In Noakhali, college student Naeem, 18, son of M Manik of Iarpur village in Senbag upazila, died on the spot as a BRTC bus hit his motorbike near Choudhury Filling station in Tin Pukuria area of the upazila at about 9am, said Abdul Baten, Officer-in-Charge of Senbag police Station. Police seized the bus but its driver managed to flee from the spot, he said
In Cumilla, a man was killed when a speeding lorry hit him on the Dhaka- Chattogram Highway of Chandina upazila this morning. The deceased was identified as M Barek Sarker, a resident of Borokamta Sarker Bari of the upazila. Officer-in-Charge of Chandina police Station M Abul Foysal said the accident took place in the area at about 8 am when Barek was crossing the road. He died on the spot.
