At least four people, including three students, were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Cumilla and Meherpur Thursday night.
Three people, including two students, were killed in two separate road accidents on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway under Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla, reported Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.
The deceased are Tanveer Ahmed Roni, 23, a final year honours student of Dhaka College and son of Delwar Hossain of Palgiri village of Kachua upazila in Chandpur, and Roni鈥檚 cousin Zahidul Islam Dipu, 21, a first year student at Chandpur government college and son of Dulal Miah of the same village, and Abdul Mannan Munshi, 70.
The accident occurred in the area when they were going to Chandpur from Dhaka riding a motorcycle.
On the way, a Cumilla-bound vehicle hit them in Pakhir Mor area under Daudkandi upazila on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at about 9:00pm Thursday night, leaving them dead on the spot, officer-in-charge of Daudkandi highway police station Md Shahinur Islam said.
In another accident, Abdul Mannan Munshi was injured in Elliotganj area of Daudkandi upazila on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway, when he was crossing the road last night, OC Shahinur Islam added.
Local people rescued and took Abdul Mannan to Daudkandi upazila health complex where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.
The bodies were handed over to their family members, the police official added.
In Meherpur, a student was killed and two others were injured in a road accident at Shalika village under Sadar upazila of the district, the BSS reported.
The deceased is Dulal Hossain, 15, son of Madan Ali of Ramnagar village of Mujibnagar upazila of the district. He was a 10th grader at Kedarganj Technical School and College of the area.
The accident occurred in the area when they were going to Mujibnagar upazila from Shalika village riding a motorcycle.
On the way, the bike lost control and hit a road-side tree at about 11:00pm, leaving three seriously injured, OC of Meherpur Sadar police station Kani Miah said.
Locals rescued and took them to Meherpur general hospital where the on-duty doctor declared Dulal dead.
The body was handed over to the family members, the OC added.
