Separate road accidents kill 17 in Bangladesh

At least 17 people have killed in separate road accidents across the country.

Of them, nine were killed in Sajek while eight more people were killed in seven districts. These accidents took place from 1:00 am to 2:00 pm on Wednesday.

In Sajek, nine day labourers were killed and six others sustained injuries as a minitruck plunged into a roadside gorge in Daripara area of Baghaichari in Rangamati.

Locals said 15 workers from Dighinala in Khagrachari were travelling to the Udaipur border area by the minitruck for some work. The driver of the vehicle lost control over its steering when the truck reached at the ‘90 degree hill’ in Daripara area around 6:00 pm and it fell into the gorge.

Five workers died on the spot while another four breathed their last on the way to hospital.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Baghaichari upazila nirbahi officer Shirin Akter said bodies of five workers have been kept at Sajek police station while another four bodies were at Khagrachari sadar hospital morgue.

In Panchagarh, two people, including a woman, were killed in a collision between a truck and a tractor around 8:30 am in the Khatopara Kanthaltali area of ​​the Boda-Debiganj road in Boda pourashava.

They deceased are-- tractor driver Zahid Islam, 19, and pedestrian Nurjahan Begum, 60.

In Bogura, a leader of Awami League lost control over his motorcycle in Thanapara area of ​​Dhunat-Sonahata road in Dhunat upazila around 12:30 pm and met the accident.

Zulfikar Ali, the president of Kalerpara Union Awami League of Dhunat upazila, died on the spot.

In Rajshahi, a person was killed when a bus ran over him on the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway in front of the rice research institute in Chauddpai area of the town around 11:00 am.

He was identified as Saddam Hossain, 40, a resident of that area.

In Comilla, a farmer Hanif, 55, was crushed under a microbus on the Dhaka-Amirabad-Kachua road in Dakshin Mohammadpur village of Daudkandi upazila around 1:00 pm.

Nazimuddin, 30, an auto-rickshaw driver, was killed after being hit by a truck at Tilakpur village on the Bagha-Ishwardi regional highway of Natore’s Lalpur upazila around 2:00 pm.

In Madaripur, Golam Rahman Shikdar, 55, was killed when the bus overturned in the Bandarkhola area of ​​Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Expressway at Shibchar in Madaripur around 5:00 am.

In Netrokona, labourer Rocky Mia, 21, was run over by a truck on Madan-Khaliajuri road of Madan Upazila around 1:00 am.