Road crashes kill 16 in eight districts

At least 16 people, including two of a family, were killed and several others injured in separate road accidents across the country on Monday (March 31).

In Chattogram alone, a maximum of five people died and injured 10 others after a bus collided with a minibus in Lohagara upazila.

Rakhal Chandra Rudra, Lohagara fire service team leader, said on information, fire service and a police team recovered five bodies from Chuntipara area.

In Bogura, A man and his four-year-old daughter were killed in a motorcycle accident in Jamtola area of Mohipur in Sherpur upazila.

Witnesses said that the accident occurred in the area when a speeding unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle, leaving three people injured. Later, the injured people were sent to upazila health complex but the due died on the way to hospital.

Sherpur highway police camp Sub-Inspector Abdul Kalekh confirmed the matter.

In Gazipur, two people were killed when an autorickshaw hit a bus in Gazipur. They were relatives of each other. After the incident, locals set the passenger bus on fire.

The deceased were known as Sheuli Begum, and Tabassum.

In Meherpur, at least two people were killed when a microbus hit a motorcycle and roadside poll in Uzalpur village of the Sadar upazila.

The deceased were known as Aktaruzzaman, Jubayer Hossain, and two others remained unidentified.

In Natore, A young man named Abdullah was killed when his motorcycle lost control and crashed into a tree in Baraigram, Natore.

Baraigram Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Mahbubur Rahman confirmed the matter.

In Brahmanbaria, one person was killed and three others were injured when a bus hit an auto-rickshaw in Ashuganj, Brahmanbaria.

Police could not confirm the identities of the deceased and injured till the filing of this report.

In Magura, an unidentified woman was killed after being hit by a motorcycle in Ramnagar, Magura. The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Khulna highway around 8:30 pm on Monday.

In Jhenaidah, a child named Arif Hossain died after being run over by a rickshaw in Kotchandpur, Jhenaidah.

Kotchandpur Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kabir Hossain confirmed the matter.