Road crashes claim four lives
At least four people died in separate road accidents in three districts yesterday.
In Gopalganj, two people were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Khulna highway at Sonashur in Sadar upazila around 2:00am.
The deceased are Mizan Sheikh and Saima Begum, from Rupsha and Dumuria upazilas of Khulna respectively, said Kashiani Bhatipara Highway Police OC Abul Hasem, reports UNB.
In Gazipur, a man died after he lost control of his car and drove into a ditch on the north side of Badnibhanga old market on Mauna-Phulbaria regional road in Sreepur upazila around 8:00am.
The deceased Mafizur Rahman, 65, of Mauna union, could not see the road properly due to thick fog, said Mauna Highway Police Station SI Md Dawud.
In Shariatpur, a school student was killed and his cousin injured as their motorcycle hit a roadside tree at Sonikandi village in Bhedarganj upazila around 11:00am.
Sajib Bepari, 15, son of Khorshed Bepari from Maddhya Dhalikandi village in the upazila, was a tenth-grade student at Beparikandi Charbhaga High School, said Bhedarganj Police OC Masudur Rahman.
[Our correspondents from respective districts contributed to this report.]
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