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Two people died on the spot, while two others succumbed to their injuries after being taken to hospital, said OC Abu Obayed of Kushtia Highway Police Station. Two of the deceased were identified as Nabil Hossain, 28, of Faridpur, and Rafia Khatun of Kushtia.

In Dinajpur, a truck hit a motorcycle coming from the opposite direction in Raniganj area of Ghoraghat upazila around 8:45am, leaving the rider and his two pillions dead on the spot.

The deceased are Abdul Kaiyum Mushfique, 20; Saikat Hossain, 18; and Al Amin, 16. All were local residents, said OC Shahidul Islam of Ghoraghat Police Station.

Police seized the truck, but the driver managed to flee, the OC added.

In the district’s Birganj upazila, an eight-year-old girl was killed after a tractor hit her bicycle on a village road near Deuli Munshipara area in the afternoon. Morsalina was the daughter of Mominur of Sahadubi village.

Officer-in-Charge of Birganj Police Station Shariful Islam said was rushed to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital, where doctors declared her dead. The tractor driver fled the scene, OC added.

A three-wheeler driver was killed after a truck hit the vehicle, causing the driver to lose control before crashing into a roadside tree on the Thakurgaon-Dinajpur highway.

The deceased is Prodip Chandra Ghosh, 58, of Ghoshpara village.

Nirmal Chandra Mahanta, officer-in-charge of Dashmile Highway Police Station, said the collision occurred around 10:30am in the Kabirajhat area after the three-wheeler entered the highway from a regional road.

An unnatural death case was filed with the police station in this connection, he added.

In Chattogram, two teenagers were killed and another injured when a passenger bus of Hanif Paribahan coming from the opposite direction hit their motorcycle on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway near Ansar Camp in Patiya upazila around 1:00pm, said Mostafizur Rahman, sub-inspector at Patiya Highway Police Station.

The deceased were identified as Walid Al Taslim, 17, and Shahadat Hossain Samir, 16, of Kochuai union.

The injured, Tanvirul Islam Joy, 17, was first taken to the upazila health complex and later shifted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

SI Mostafizur said locals seized the bus, but the driver managed to flee.

In Meherpur Sadar, a truck hit a motorcycle coming from the opposite direction, leaving the rider and his pillion dead.

The deceased were identified as Nayan Hossain, 22, of Khandkarpara, and Jiban Ali, 21, of Bandar village in the upazila.

The incident took place near PTI intersection in Meherpur town. Critically injured Nayan and Jiban were rushed to Meherpur General Hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries.

OC Selim Reza of Meherpur Sadar Police Station said the bodies had been handed over to their families and a case had been filed over the incident.

[Our Benapole, Kushtia, Thakurgaon and Chattogram correspondents contributed to this report.]