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16 killed in road accidents

By Staff Correspondent
At least 16 people were killed and 66 others injured in separate road accidents in Jessorc, Bogra, Dhaka and Comllla yesterday.
Our Jessorc Correspondent adds: Seven persons were killed and 30 others injured when a Khulna bound night coach rammed against a road side tree at Mandertala, 12 kilotncters off here, on Jcssorc-Dhaka highway early yesterday morning-
Three ou» of seven killed have so far been identified. They are Illas, 28, Kohinoor ’ Begum. ,20 and Munnu 10.
Twenty five of the injured were admitted to the Jessore General Hospital and the other five to the Jhenidah General Hospital.
The Khulna bound night coach No. Dhaka Metro Cha4957 of Sohag Paribahan reportedly met the accident when its driver lost control.
Both the driver and helper, however, escaped unhurt.
UNB from Bogra reports: Six people were killed and 25 injured when a minibus turned over on the Bogra-Shantahar road at Teghair in Adamdlghi thana yesterday
Witnesses and police said the driver and the helper of the Bogra-bound bus from Shantahar were among the dead
The accident occurred as the tyre of a wheel of the passenger-crammed bus punctured.
Five of the dead were identified as driver Ataur Rahman 35, passengers Abdul Latif, 30, Dr Ragbul Islam, 40, Mozal Sardar. 30, and the helper whose name could not be known.
The Injured, seven of them stated in critical condition, were admitted to Adamdlghi thana hospital.
Our DMCH Correspondent adds: Two persons were killed and another one was injured in two road accidents in the capital Tuesday,
Following a road accident a mob held a minibus at Shantinagar. set it on fire and reportedly stabbed its driver Alamgir Hossain Nantu at around 5 pm yesterday.
A rickshawpuller who could not be Identified died on the spot and rickshaw passenger Fatema Begum, 30, was injured in the accident.
Fatema, 42, who was travelling by the rickshaw was knocked down by the bus and dragged away several hundred yards up to the Mallbagh cross-
ing as her saree tied with the bumper of the vehicle. •
Traffic in the city’s busy road remained disrupted for about an hour as the mob burnt the minibus and damaged several others.
Both the rickshaw passenger and the minibus driver were admitted to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
In another accident, a 50-ycar-old man Golap Gazi was killed when an autorickshaw knocked him down at around 7pm near Awlad Hossain Market on the Airport Road.
Gazi was rushed to the DMCH where doctors on duty declared him dead.
Two bodies were sent to the DMCH morgue for autopsy.
Our Comilla Correspondent adds: One person was killed and 10 others were injured in two separate road accidents yesterday near Chouddagram. 14 kms away from Comilla town.
Ahmad All, 40. a passerby, was killed In the spot as a tempoo ran over him on the Mia Bazar-Kashlnagar road at 10 am yesterday.
In another incident near Chauddagram thana, 10 persons were Injured as a Raipur bound passenger bus fell into a road side ditch at 2 pm.
All the injured persons were admitted to the Chauddagram Hospital in critical condition .The injured per; sons arc: Major (Retd) Rafiq 45, his wife Bulbul Akhtar Shirin, 36. their child Shuman, 12, Abdui Manan, 28. Ruhul Amin. 25. Din Islam, 32, and Shahbuddin, 12.
Both the drivers of the tempoo and the bus escaped abandoning their vehicles.