11 killed in Dinajpur, Pabna road accidents
Eleven people were killed and 30 others injured in two road accidents in Dinajpur and Pabna on Thursday night and Friday morning.
In Dinajpur, head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Sadar upazila claimed six lives, including a child, and injured 28 others, reports BSS.
The accident occurred early Friday morning on the Dinajpur-Phulbari highway near Panchbari Bazar, Dinajpur Kotwali police station officer-in-charge (OC) Farid Hossain said.
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The accident involved a bus from Dhaka and a mango-laden truck from Dinajpur, leaving the truck driver and helper of the bus dead on the spot and others injured.
Later, four more succumbed to their injuries while being taken to hospital, said Farid Hossain.
The other injured were admitted to the local M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital.
The vehicular movement resumed after the wrecked bus was removed from the road, he said, adding that they were trying to ascertain the identities of the deceased.
In Pabna, a speeding car rammed into a roadside tree on the Ishwardi-Pabna Highway under Ishwardi on Thursday night, killing five youths and injuring two others, reports UNB.
The deceased were identified as Sifat, 20, son of late Masum; Bijoy, 20, son of late Anwar Kabir; Shishir Islam, 15, son of Ilias Hossain; Jihad Hossain, 14, son of Kuddus Pramanik; and Sawon, 18, son of Waz Uddin, all from Dashuria union of the upazila.
The injured Sayeed, 18, son of Japan Khandaker, and Naim, 14, son of Sumon Khandaker of the same area, are undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH).
Ishwardi police station's Officer-in-Charge Rafiqul Islam confirmed the matter, saying all the victims including car driver Sifat were friends and were on a long drive at night.
The vehicle carrying them hit the roadside tree in front of Pabna Sugar Mill, leaving three out of seven friends dead on the spot and four others wounded, he said, blaming speeding for the accident.
Two of the injured were rushed to Pabna General Hospital where physicians declared them dead, he said, adding that the rest injured were shifted to the RMCH.
