Nine people were killed and eight others injured in road accidents in Dhaka, Pabna, Magura, Madaripur, Thakurgaon, Panchagarh, Chittagong and Mymensingh on Monday and yesterday.
Our staff correspondent reports, two people were killed and five others injured in road accidents in the capital yesterday. In an incident, bus helper Mohammed Raju, 25, was killed as two buses collided in Farmgate area around 9:00am yesterday.
In another incident, rickshaw puller Abdul Motin, 36, was killed and five others were injured as a car rammed into some rickshaws in Mirpur area around 5:00pm yesterday.
Our Pabna correspondent reports, agriculture officer Md Asadullah, 34, was killed on the spot as a bus hit his motorcycle on Bogra-Nagarbahi highway in Amaikola area of Santhia upazila in Pabna yesterday.
BSS reports from Magura, two students were killed in a road accident on Magura-Jessore highway in Shalikha upazila in Magura yesterday.
Police said Sohel Molla, 14, and Biswajit Biswas, 15, were killed as a truck hit their bicycle from behind around 8:00am.
Our Madaripur correspondent reports, college student Yakub Hasan Rabbi, 16, was killed as a bus hit his motorcycle on Dhaka-Barisal highway in Alamdosta area in Rajoir upazila in Madaripur yesterday.
Our Thakurgaon correspondent reports, three people were killed and another was injured in road accidents in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh on Monday and yesterday.
In an incident, a motorcyclist Mishu, 16, was killed and his fellow Shaju, 14 was injured in a road accident on Boda-Marea road at Nayadighi village in Boda upazila in Panchagarh yesterday.
In another incident, Bikash, 12, and Ripon, 6, were killed in an accident on Panchagarh-Thakurgaon highway in Thakurgaon sadar upazila on Monday.
Our staff correspondent from Chittagong reports, a journalist was injured in a road accident on Chittagong-Dhaka highway in Mirsarai upazila in Chittagong yesterday.
Fakhrul Islam Reaz, 25, a correspondent of the daily Janakantha in the upazila, was injured as a bus hit his motorcycle around 3:30pm.
Reaz was rushed to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
Our Mymensingh correspondent reports, Sultan Uddin Ahmed, 45, was injured as a train hit his private car in Kewatkhali area in Mymensingh sadar around 4:00pm yesterday.
Sultan was rushed to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.
-With The Daily Star input
