Five people were killed and eleven injured in road accidents in Dhaka and Gazipur yesterday.

UNB reports: Three people, one of them a college student, were killed in separate road accidents in the city yesterday

Police and hospital sources said Iqbal. 22. died on the spot when a speeding truck ran over him- at Shanpara in Demra thana at about 7 pm. He was a student of the Sunrawardy College.

An unidentified man. aged about 35, died on way to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital after he was knocked down

by a minibus at the Kalyanpur bus stand at about 2:30 pm

Another unidentified man, aged about 40. succumbed to his wounds at the DMCH in the morning. He was injured when a bus hit him in front of the Dhaka Polytechnic Institute at about 7 am.

BSS adds: Two people died and eleven others was injured in separate road accidents in Ershadnagar and Majukhan areas of Gazipur yesterday

Police said one Harunur Rashid. 40. was. killed on the spot and six others were injured in an accident at Ershadnagar

under Tongi thana when a Dhaka bound passenger bus was hit by a truck from behind.

The seriously injured persons were admitted to Tongi hospital.

In another accident, one Abdul Motaleb. 45. was killed, and five others were injured at Ma-jukhan on the Dhaka-KaliganJ road at about 2:30 pm when a Tongi bound three wheeler was hit by a bus from behind. The injured persons were also taken to Tongi hospital.

Separate cases were registered with Gazipur and Tongi thanas.