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32 killed, 148 injured in road accidents

By Staff Correspondent
At least 32 people were killed and 148 others injured in road accidents in the city and in different parts of the country during the three day Eid holidays and yesterday.
According to police, our correspondents and news agencies, six people died In the capital, eight in Narayan-ganj. four each in Manikganj and Rangpur. three in Habi-ganj. two each in Chittagong, Sherpur and Sylhet and one in MunshiganJ.
Five people, including a woman, were killed and three others injured when a micro bus hit a truck near Jatrabari in the early hours of Saturday. The truck was parked in a way that partially blocked the traf-
fic movement.
Police said, the speeding micro bus. coming from Kanchpur to the city, dashed the iron rod-loaded truck, parked in front of the Saddam Market of Matuail on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at about 2.30 am. The iron rods pierced through the bodies of four of the micro bus passengers and its driver causing their instantaneous deaths. Another fatally wounded expired at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where two more are under treatement. Police could not give the identities of the victims.
Tasiran, 45 was .severely Injured when a minibus ran over Iwr al Mirpur Section No. I I on Saturday noon. She died after admission at the DMCH.
Another unidentified youth -died on the spot when a longdistance passenger coach hit ftis bicycle from behind near the Engineers Institution In the city Friday morning. Ramna police detained the coach and arrested Its driver
Our Correspondent from Narayanganj says six children, all boys, of a family were killed when a speeding private car carrying them rammed into a roadside tree at Malibagh in Bandar thana on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at 2.30 pm Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Sohel. 6. and Irfan. 12. sons of Samir All Munshi. a BNP leader of Siddirganj thana and their cousins — Nasir. 10. Jewel. 8. Ripon. 10. and Rana .10. Sohel and Irfan died on the spot while the rest on their way to hospital.
The boys were returning home at Siddhirganj after visiting the Sonargaon Folk Museum The driver of the car survived the accident and fled away.
A UNB report says, a Dhaka-bound bus ran over two pedestrians killing them on the spot al Panchabatl in Fatullah on the Dhaka-Narayanganj highway Saturday night. None of the victims could be Identified Immediately. Police. however, managed to arrest the bus driver named Sanjlb from the scene.
UNB adds: Two people were killed and about a dozen others injured, five serlusly. when a bus skidded off the Dhaka-Chittagong highway and turned turtle yesterday.
Police and witnesses said the accident occurred at around 3:30 pm near Kashem Jute Mills in Sltakunda thana owing to brake failure of the Chittagong-bound bus from-Noakhali.
The bodies were sent to Chittagong General Hospital for autopsy. The seriously injured five were admitted to Silakund Health Complex.
The driver of the bus fled the scene. A case was filed with Sitakund thana.
Three people were killed and 45 others injured, 15 of them seriously, when a Raj-bari-bound coach from Dhaka plunged into a roadside ditch In Manikganj on Saturday.
Local people and Fire Brigade sources said the bus fell into the ditch at Baniajuri of Ghior thana. 15 kilometres off the town, breaking railing of a bridge on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway.
Superviser of the coach Chanchai. 28, of Rajbari died on the spot. Abul Hossain. 20. of Daulatpur in Manikganj sue-
cumbed to his injuries at Sadar Hospital while another passanger. Mojahar Ali. 35 of Rajbari. died on his way to Dhaka
The bodies were sent to the Sadar Hospital morgue for au topsy.
Of the injured. 12 were admitted to Sadar Hospital, two to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, one to Pangu Hospital. 23 to sadar hospital and Shibalaya Thana Health Complex Seven others were released after being given first aid
Two bus passengers were killed and ten others wounded in a road-mishap at Ramrampur. a few kilometres from Sherpur Thursday.
Brickfield workers-Solai-man. 40. and Akhtar. 35. who were going to Kamalpur on the occasion of Eid-ul-FItr on Friday, died on the spot. The Injured were given first aid at local clinics.
The Incident occurred when driver of the Kamalpur-bound bus numbered Dhaka-Cha-4487. lost his control over the vehicle and fell into a way side ditch on the Sherpur-Kamalpur road on Thursday noon, the day before Eid.
The bus was seized but the driver managed to escape po-lic‘ciureiyMCH Correspondent adds, one Sliaheenur. 8. of .Monalrkhandi village of Gojaria thana of Mimshiganj district was cruslied under Ihe wheels of a bus at about 1 pm Friday. Besides, one Alaur was run over by a bus al Singair area of, ManlkganJ districk on Thursday. Details of Ihe accidents could not be gathered.
Our Staff Correspondent from Sylhel writes' Three persons were killed and 32 others Injured in three road accidents on Thursday, yesterday and today in greater Sylhel region.
Janu Miah. 12. and Kutu-buddin. 28. were crushed under the wheels of a speeding passenger bus at Madhabpur on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway yesterday. Police said, the Dhaka-bound bus (Dhaka-Ja 4298) met the accident as the driver lost his control over it. Ten persons were injured.
One Akbar Hossain. 17, died and 15 others were injured when a minibus turned turtle on the Hobiganj-Lakhai road on Thursday.
In Rangpur four people were killed and 18 Injured when a truck crashed into a shop near Jagirhat bus stand in Mithapukur thana on Thursday.
The deceased are Akramul Haque. 45. Shahidul Islam. 38. Abdul Hakim. 35. and Abdul Hamid. 40.
Police and hospital sources said the mishap occurred as driver of the Rangpur-bound truck lost control over the vehicle which smashed Into a roadside shop where people were busy with Eid shopping.