At least six people including four teenage girls were killed in separate road accidents in Kushtia and in Dinajpur districts on Sunday.
Four teenage girls were killed as a speedy microbus rammed into them while they were returning home from a mosque after learning recitation of the holy Quran at Kuthipara on Kushtia-Rajbari regional highway in Khoksha upazila of Kushtia district on Sunday morning.
Police identified three deceased as Mim, 12, daughter of M Hanif, Tanjila, 11, daughter of Palan Sheikh and Juthi, 12, daughter of Helal Uddin hailed from Shimulia-Kuthipara village.
But the identity of one deceased is yet to be known immediately.
The accident occurred around 7.15am in the area of Khoksha upazila as the microbus crushed the teenagers while crossing the road, killing one on the spot and injuring three others severely who later died in the hospital, a police official said.
The speedy microbus plunged into a roadside pond as well after hitting the girls, said officer in charge (OC) of Kushtia highway police Akul Chandra Biswas.
Agitated people blockaded the Kushtia-Rajbari highway for some times protesting the accident.
UNB adds; two people were killed in separate road accidents in Birampur and Parbatipur upazilas in Dinajpur district on Sunday.
In Parbatipur upazila, 70-year-old vegetable vendor Mohir Uddin was struck and killed by a truck in the early morning in the Bhober Bazar area.
Local residents stopped the truck and handed it over to the police, said sub inspector of Parbatipur police station Sohel Rana.
In Birampur upazila, around 12:30 am on Saturday, a 45-year-old man was hit by a truck while returning home on his bicycle after closing his grocery shop.
The victim was Nur Alam, son of late Monsur Ali from Bijul village.
Sub-Inspector Kamruzzaman of Birampur Police Station confirmed the accident.
