Road mishaps caused by reckless driving on almost empty roads at Agargaon, Banani, and Mirpur in the capital during the hartal hours on Sunday left five people including two students killed while another person died in a train accident at Kuril.
Sayed Zahir Uddin, 28, of west Sewrapara, was killed when a speeding bus knocked down his motorcycle in front of the IDB Bhaban at Agargaon at around 2:00pm.
Zahir died on the spot. The police arrested the bus driver, Shahidul Islam, and seized the bus.
Another bus crashed Shirin Akhter, a teenage garment factory worker, at Chairman Bari of Banani at about 1:00am. Shirin, who used to work at Good Day Garments at Moghbazar and was returning home from a late-night shift, was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where she succumbed to the injuries at around 2:30pm.
In the third incident, 18-year-old Mehedi Hassan, a student of UCEP Technical School, died in a road accident in front of the Mirpur Bangla College at about 6:30am.
Witnesses said a speeding truck hit the victim's bicycle, leaving him dead on the spot.
In another incident in the early hours on Sunday, two labours were killed on the spot when a truck turned turtle in Beribadh area under Shah Ali police station in Mirpur.
The deceased, – Ruhul Amin, 35, and Mohammad Salim, 30 – were both residents of the Beribadh area, the police said.
Witnesses said Ruhul and Salim got buried under the sand-laden truck when it turned over after skidding off from the road.
The police recovered the bodies at around 2:00am and sent them to the DMCH morgue for post-mortem examinations.
Separate cases were filed with the respective police stations in these connections.
Sub-inspector Mohammad Shahjahan of Sher-e-Bangla police station said, 'We found the drivers driving recklessly as the traffic control was slack during the hartal hours and roads were nearly empty.'
Meanwhile, a 40-year-old unidentified man was crashed under the wheels of a train at Kuril railway crossing on Sunday afternoon and died on the spot.
The accident happened as the victim tried to cross the rail tracks in a hurry and fell under the wheels of Balaka Express.
The police recovered the body and sent it to the DMCH morgue for autopsy.
Source : New Age
