STAR REPORT

At least 10 people were killed and seven injured in road accidents in five districts yesterday.

In Meherpur, three people, including two children, were killed and two others injured when a truck collided head-on with an easy-bike in Gangni upazila yesterday afternoon.

The deceased are as easy-bike driver Arif Hossain, 45, of Meherpur Sadar, and Abrar Hossain, 9, and Afrin, 7, of Jashore.

The easy-bike was heading towards Meherpur district headquarters from Bamandi when it collided with the truck at Alinagar, said Gangni Police Station OC Uttam Kumar.

In Natore, two children were killed and three members of a family injured when a truck crashed into a microbus on the Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Boraigram upazila.

The victims were identified as two-month-old Ezad and four-year-old Ehan, sons of Akib Adnan of Rajshahi.

Police said Akib and his family were returning to Dhaka from Rajshahi when the truck rammed into their vehicle at Royna, killing one child on the spot and injuring four others, said Boraigram Highway Police Station OC Monirul Islam.

Another child died on the way to the hospital, said Jahidul Islam, station officer of Bonpara fire station.

In Gazipur, two people were killed and two others injured when a battery-run autorickshaw was crushed between two buses on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway.

The accident occurred around 1:00pm near the Bhogra Bypass flyover, causing temporary traffic disruption on the highway.

One of the deceased was identified as Sujan, 38, of Jamalpur’s Madarganj upazila. The identity of the other victim could not be confirmed, said Asaduzzaman, an official of Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital in Gazipur.

Fire service and police personnel had to cut through the mangled vehicle to recover the bodies, said OC Harun Or Rashid of Bason Police Station.

In Feni, two friends were killed after a dump truck ran over their motorcycle on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chhagalnaiya upazila.

The deceased are Jihanul Islam Shaon, 20, of Feni Sadar, and Iqbal Hossain Jisan, 23, of Sonagazi upazila.

According to family members, the two were returning home after visiting Guliakhali Beach in Sitakunda.

In Kishoreganj, a man was killed after being run over by a pickup van in Pakundia upazila. The deceased was Ferdous Sidker, 45, of Charpakundia village.

Witnesses said Ferdous was crossing the Pakundia Bypass Road around 9:00am when a speeding pickup van hit him.