Nine people were killed and four others injured in separate road accidents in Madhabdi and Shibpur upazilas this morning.

In Madhabdi, six people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Kandail area around 6:30am.

The deceased could not be identified immediately.

Elius Miah, officer-in-charge of Madhabdi Police Station, said that the accident took place when the Narayanganj-bound bus collided with the Beanibazar-bound microbus, leaving four passengers of the microbus dead on the spot and three others injured.

Among the injured, one died in the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.

In Shibpur, three people were killed and three others injured when a bus hit a human hauler in Kararchar area around 9:30 am.

The deceased were identified as Arman, 50, a schoolteacher, Masum 45, an Imam and Sohag, 22.

Narsingdi district hospital sources said that the accident happened as the bus hit the human hauler (locally named as Leguna) in the area, leaving Arman dead on the spot and five others, including Masum and Sohag, injured.

Later, the injured were rushed to the hospital where Masum and Sohag succumbed to their injuries