8 killed in road crashes on Eid return journey

At least eight people have been killed and 13 others injured in separate road crashes through Bangladesh today during the return journey from Eid holidays.

In Mymensingh, three people were killed and three others injured when a microbus rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Muktagacha upazila around 7:30am.

The identities could not be ascertained immediately, UNB reports quoting Ali Ahmed Mollah, officer-in-cahrge of Muktagacha Police Station.

In Narsingdi, two teenagers were killed and five others injured when a trolley plunged into a roadside ditch at Khakchar in Raipura upazila in the morning.

The deceased were identified as Rabiul, 15, and Mamun, 15, of Tokipura village. Both were students of class X of a local madrassa. Delwar Hossain, OC of Raipura Police Station, said 15 boys riding on a trolley were heading towards Raipura Degree College ground for playing football.

When the trolley reached Khakchar, it plunged into a roadside ditch around 7:30 am, leaving them killed on the spot and five others injured.

The injured were taken to local hospital where the doctors advised them to be shifted two to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

In Gopalganj, a man, Sohid Khan, 30, was killed and three others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Barishal Highway at Majbari area under Kotalipara Upazila around 4:30am, our local correspondent reports quoting Mohammad Kamrul Faruk, OC of Kotalipara Police Station.

In Brahmanbaria, three persons were killed including a private car driver at Shahbazpur of Sarail upazila when a bus and a private car collided head-on yesterday.

Driver Shahin Mia, 40, died on the spot yesterday, while passengers Achiya Begum, 78, and Rifat, 4, succumbed while undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital today, said Sarail Highway Police Station OC Hossain Sarkar.