Nine people were killed and 47 others injured in road accidents in Dinajpur, Tangail, Comilla, Chuadanga, Jhenidah, Bogra, Pirojpur, and Jamalpur on Thursday and yesterday.
Our Dinajpur correspondent reports, a woman and her seven-year-old daughter were killed and her husband was injured as a truck hit their running motorcycle on Dhaka-Dinajpur highway near Baraihat in Phulbari upazila yesterday afternoon.
The deceased were Mukta, 34, wife Nazrul Islam and Mittika, 7, their daughter, of Santibagh, Phulbari.
Our Tangail correspondent adds, two people were killed and 12 others injured in a collision between a bus and a covered van on Dhaka-Tangail highway at Shavulla in Mirzapur yesterday.
The deceased were Abdul Gafur, 36, of Phulbaria in Mymensingh; and Khorshed Alam, 38, of Nandina in Jamalpur.
A correspondent from Comilla reports, an unidentified driver of a lorry died instantly as a truck collided head-on with his vehicle on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in College gate area of Chouddagram upazila yesterday morning.
Our Chuadanga correspondent adds, a cattle trader was killed and five others were injured as a human hauler hit another human hauler on Chuadanga-Meherpur road in Valaipur Bazar of Sadar upazila Thursday evening.
The deceased was Jadu Sarder, 40, of Kushtia.
Our Jhenidah correspondent reports, a truck helper died as another truck hit him on Jhenidah-Kushtia highway near Rabeya Hospital in Arappur of the town early yesterday.
The deceased was Razib Seikh, 22, son of Mohammad Ali Sheikh of Char Rupsha in Khulna.
Our Bogra correspondent reports, an unidentified man was killed and 25 others were injured as a minibus was hit by a coach at Matidali in the town yesterday.
The injured were rushed to local TMSS Hospital and Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College and Hospital.
Our Pirojpur correspondent adds, four men were injured as a battery-run three-wheeler hit a standing human hauler at Mollikbari bus station in Sadar upazila yesterday.
They were taken to Pirojpur Sadar Hospital.
Our Jamalpur correspondent reports, rickshaw-puller Rafiqul Islam, 40, died after being hit in the dead with a roadside electric pole while vomiting out the window of a bus he was travelling in at Dakpara intersection in the town yesterday.
-With The Daily Star input
