Six people, including three members of a family, were killed and 15 others injured in separate road accidents in Gazipur on Thursday.
Four people, including three members of a family, were killed and another 15 were injured in an accident involving three vehicles at Tetuibari on Kaliakoir-Nabinagar highway under Sadar upazila of the district early on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Haider Ali Khan Liton, 45, owner of a market at Ghatail bazar in Tangail and son of one Falu Hossain Khan, his wife Elis Khan, 35, son Soumik Khan Sakib, 8, and private car driver Jibon, 35. They all hailed from Ghatail upazila in Tangail.
Md Rafiqul Islam, SI of Chakarabarti police outpost said a truck hit a bus and later the two vehicles hit another private car (Dhaka Metro – Kha-11-3057) on the highway, leaving the four dead on the spot.
At least 15 passengers of the bus were injured. The car smashed and broke in to pieces. The injured were taken to nearby clinics and hospitals.
Police later seized the bus and truck, but the drivers and helpers managed to escape.
The bodies were sent to Gazipur Sadar Hospital morgue. A case was filed with Joydevpur police station in this connection.
In a separate accident, two people were killed in Kaler Bazar area on Dhaka bypass.
The dead were identified as Abdul Mannan, a jackfruit trader and Jewal, a helper of the truck.
The accident took place when a Dhaka-bound truck hit another truck parked on the roadside.
The bodies were sent to Gazipur Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy.
Source : New Age
