7 people killed, many hurt in road accidents on Saturday

Accident

Jehangir Hussain  

At least seven people were killed and several others injured in separate road accident in Dhaka, Brahmabaria, Natore and Cumilla on Saturday.

A rickshaw puller was killed in road accident in Bibir Bagicha area of Jatrabari in the capital The victim Nur Islam , 50, son of Late Abdur Rashid  came from Baruda upazila in Cumilla.

Jatrabari Police Station Officer-in-charge Md Mfizur Alam said the accident took place in front of  gate no.2 of Bibir Bagicha when an unidentified vehicle hit Nur Alam around 3 am on Saturday, leaving him critically injured.

Alam was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.  Police are trying to find out details in this regard.  He said no relatives of the deceased  contacted the police yet.

Two teenage boys were killed when a truck rammed an auto-rickshaw on the Shahbajpur-Shahjadapur regional road at Sarail upazila in Brahmabaria.

The victims were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Al Amin, 17, son of Alamgir Miah of Shahbajpur village and passenger Apon Chandra Das, 14, son of Amolesh Chandra Das of Dhitpur village in Sarail upazila.

According to locals, a speeding truck rammed into an autorickshaw from the opposite direction in Jadavpur area, leaving the auto driver dead on the spot and the passenger critically injured.

He was rushed to Sarail Upazila Health Complex where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.

Sarail Police Station officer-in-charge Aslam Hossain said no case has so far been filed in this regard.

A  driver of a shallow-engine-run trolley was killed when the vehicle overturned in Lalpur in  Natore district.  The deceased,  Joy Mia, 22, son of Jashim Uddin came from Narendrapur village in Lalpur upazila.

Lalpur police station officer-in-charge Monwaruzzaman said the accident occurred when the driver of the vehicle after loading sand from a pond tried to get on a road and overturned, leaving Joy critically injured.  He was taken to Irshardi Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him, he added.

Two teenage boys were killed hit by a vehicle  on the Cumilla-Noakhali Regional Highway at Sadar Dakshin Upazila in Cumilla district on Friday.

The victims were identified as Abdullah Al Mamun, 14, son of Md Humayun Kabir, a resident of Keshanpar village of Bagmara Uttar Union of Lalmai Upazila, and Masud Alam, 15, son of Babul Mia of Chandipur village. Abdullah was a tenth grade student of Bagmara High School.

Quoting locals, Lalmai Highway Police Station officer-in-charge Morshedul Alam Bhuiyan said a speeding vehicle from the opposite direction hit the deceased's motorcycle at Ratanpur area, leaving the duo dead on the spot. Being informed, police recovered the bodies and handed over to their families after due procedures.

The vehicle that hit them could not be identified immediately but legal steps are under process in this regard, the OC said.

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