FE Online Desk
At least 18 people have died in separate road
accidents in Narsingdi,Feni, Gaibandha and Mymensingh districts on
Monday.
In Narsingdi, at least nine people were killed
and nine others were
injured, some in critical condition, as a
passenger bus collided witha human hauler on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Dorikandi area in Belabo upazila of the district around 8:00pm on Monday.
The identities of the deceased could not be
known yet, local news agencies said. Belabo police station officer-in-charge (OC)
Javed Mahmud confirmed the media about the fatal crash.
in Feni, six people were killed and eight
others injured after acattle truck crashed into a microbus on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Muhuriganj area in the district.
The accident occurred in the Sultana Filling
Station area of Muhuriganj at around 3:00 am on Monday, said
Muhuriganj Highway Police Outpost Sub Inspector Md Mahbub Alam.
Two of the dead are children and three are
women, he said. All of them are members of the same family.
The injured have been admitted to Feni Sadar
Hospital and a hospital at Baroiarhat in Chattogram’s Meersarai.
In Gaibandha, four people, including a man and
his son, have died in a road accident in Polashbari upazila of
Gaibandha on Monday.
The accident occurred when a bus crushed a
CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Chaumatha area of the upazila on Dhaka-Rangpur
Highway in the district.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Hannan
(50), his on Abdur Rahman (15),
Arjina Begum (26) and driver of the auto rickshaw Sumon. All were the residents of Gaibandha district.
Officer-in-charge of Gobindaganj Highway
Police Station, Abul Basar said a Dhaka bound bus of Zarin Paribahan hit
a CNG-run auto-rickshaw around 4:30 pm at Chaumatha area.Konabari area of the district on Monday.
Kamarkhanda upazila of Sirajganj district on Monday.
In Mymensingh, a 20-year-old young man was
killed in a road accident in Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh on Monday.
Courtesy: The Financial Express Aug 21, 2018