6 killed in Feni, Khulna, Lalmonirhat road accidents

Six people were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Feni, Khulna and Lalmonirhat districts on Friday.

In Feni, two people were killed and three others injured when a truck rammed a covered van on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Lemuabridge in Sadarupazila on Friday.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Akbar Hossain, sub-inspector of Highway police camp, said the Chattogram-bound truck from Dhaka hit the covered van from behind around 6am, leaving the truck driver and his helper dead on the spot and three others injured.

The injured were taken to a local hospital.

In Lalmonirhat, two people, including a minor boy, were killed as a bus hit them in Sadar upazila.

The deceased were identified as Abul Kashem, 42, helper of a truck driver and son of Saidur Islam of Rangpur district and Samiul, 10, son of Samsul of Sadar upazila.

Mahfuzur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station, said the bus of ‘Haq Enterprise’ ran over them while they were standing beside a stationary truck which went out of order, leaving them dead on the spot around 8 am.

The bodies were taken to Sadar Hospital morgue.

In Khulna,  Nazrul Mollah, 42 and his wife Ayesha Khatun, 38 of Jaigirmahal in Koyra upazil were killed when a truck hit their motorbike on Khuln-Satkhira highway at Jhilerdanga in Dumuria upazila.

HabibHasan, officer-in-charge of Dumuria Police Station, said the accident took place around 9:15 am when the Satkhira-bound truck from Khulna hit the motorbike carrying the couple, leaving them dead on the spot.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Khulna Medical College Hospital morgue.

Source: unb