Nine people were killed and 30 others wounded in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Lalmonirhat and Cox's Bazar on Sunday and Monday.
In Dhaka, four people were killed and one was critically injured in two separate road mishaps at Mirpur Beribadh, Naya Paltan and Khilkhet areas on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Suronjan Madhu, 23, son of Mukandu Madhu, a resident of Agailjhara of Barisal, Abdul Jabbar, son of Amir Ali, a resident of Tongi, Probir Odhikari, son of Nirmal Odhikari, a resident of Dakkinkhan and Rashida Khatun, a resident of Naya Paltan.
Police said Suronjan and Mukandu were killed and Shahnaz Begum was injured critically when a speedy truck hit a taxi-cab near Beribad at Mirpur at around 12:30pm on Sunday.
The bodies were taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital for post-mortem examination.
In Khilkhet, Probir was killed when a speedy private car knocked him down near Khilkhet bus station while he was crossing the road at around 1pm on Sunday. The body was sent to DMCH morgue for autopsy.
At Naya Paltan, Rashida Khatun was killed when a private car hit her from behind at around 10:30pm on Sunday.
Body of Rashida was taken to DMCH for post-mortem examination.
New Age correspondent from Lalmonirhat reported a motor cyclist was killed when a truck hit his bike near Barobari area of Rangpur-Kurigram Road in Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila on Monday morning.
The victim was identified as Manzur Islam, 45, a resident of Fulbari village in Kurigram district.
Police said Manzur Islam was going to Rangpur riding a motorcycle. A goods laden truck from opposite side hit the motorcycle injuring Manzur critically. He died in the way to Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital.
The killer truck and its driver managed to flee from the scene of accident, police said.
New Age correspondent in Cox's Bazar reported that four people were killed and 30 injured in separate road mishaps at Harbong point under Chakoria Upazila of the district on Cox's Bazar-Chittagong highway on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Mohammad Farook, 30, son of Hanif Hossen, of Fishery Ghat of Cox's Bazar town, Rafique Ahmed, 19, son of Ishaque Ahmed, of New Pallan Para village under Teknaf Sadar Union of Teknaf Upazila, Soma, 5, of Badarkhali of Chakaria Upazila and Parvez, 4, of same area.
Chakoria police recovered the dead bodies and sent them to Cox's Bazar Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Separate cases were filed with Chakoria Upazila police in connection with the accidents.
Source: New Age
