STAR REPORT

At least four persons, including a woman, were killed and another was injured in separate road accidents in Noakhali, Jhenaidah and Magura districts in the last two days.

​In Noakhali, a speeding truck carrying nursery saplings hit a stationary cement-laden covered van around 7:00am yesterday morning, leaving two persons dead and one other critically injured on Noakhali-Feni regional highway in Senbagh upazila.

The deceased are Al Amin, 55, a nursery businessman, and Faisal, 35, the truck driver. Both hailed from Alankarkathi village under Swarupkathi upazila of Pirojpur.

The victims were rushed to Noakhali 250-bed General Hospital, where two succumbed to their injuries around 11:00am, while the injured individual was later sent to Dhaka for advanced treatment, said Milton Mondal, a sub-inspector of Chandraganj Highway Police Station.

​The bodies have been sent to the hospital morgue for autopsy, the SI added.

In Jhenaidah town, a woman was crushed to death by a truck in the Arappur area yesterday afternoon.

The victim, Shammi Akter, 42, of Kushtia town, fell from her husband’s motorcycle in front of Mashiur Rahman Girls’ School due to the damaged condition of the Arappur-Chuadanga Stand road. A truck from behind ran her over. She died on the spot.

The body has been sent to Jhenidah Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, said Shamsul Arefin, officer-in-charge of Jhenaidah Sadar Police Station.

In Magura, a man died as an oncoming private car hit a rickshaw-van in Sabinagar area under Sreepur upazila around 11:00pm on Thursday night.

The deceased, Hafizur Rahman, 42, was a teacher at Hat Fazilpur Secondary School and a resident of Sabinagar village.

Critically injured, Hafizur was rushed to Magura Sadar Hospital, where a duty doctor declared him dead.

Confirming the incident, OC Ataur Rahman of Sreepur Police Station said the car has been seized and legal steps were underway.