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Father, daughter killed Shariatpur road crash
A 42-year-old man and his three-year-old daughter were killed and three other people injured as a private car carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch in Shariatpur early Sunday.
The deceased were identified as advocate Rashedul Islam, who was an assistant public prosecutor of the district judge court and his daughter Maisha.
The injured were lawyer’s wife Sohana Akter Mili, 26, daughter Merin, 6 and driver Kamrul Hasan, 30, residents of Bhasanchar area under Aungaria union of Sadar upazila.
Jahirul Islam, president of district bar association, said Rashedul along with his family members was returning to Shariatpur from Chattogram.
The car plunged into the roadside ditch in Jamtala area under Naria upazila of the district around 2.30am, leaving the duo dead on the spot, he said.
Mahabub Alam, officer-in-charge of Naria police station, said they recovered the bodies from the spot and rescued the injured people.
15 dead in India bus accident
As many as 15 people were killed and 40 others injured after a bus crashed into a truck parked along a busy stretch in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh in the small hours of Saturday.
The tragedy occurred near Suhagi Pahari in Rewa district, some 600km from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal, when a group of 100 migrant workers was returning to their home district of Uttar Pradesh in northern India for Diwali (festival of lights) on that ill-fated bus.
"The bus hit the truck from behind at high speed after its driver failed to spot the parked vehicle. The impact of the collision was so strong that 15 passengers died on the spot," a senior police officer told the local media.
Those injured were taken to a hospital in Suhagi. "Few with serious injuries were later shifted to Rewa's Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital," he said.
A probe has been ordered into the accident, the officer added.
Road accidents are common in India, with one taking place every four minutes. These accidents are often blamed on poor roads, rash driving and scant regard for traffic laws.
The Indian government's implementation of stricter traffic laws in recent years has failed to rein in accidents, which claim over 100,000 lives every year.
Truck crushes three twelfth-graders of same institution to death on Benapole-Jashore highway
Three twelfth-graders of the same educational institution were killed after a truck mowed them down on their motorcycle on the Benapole-Jashore highway Friday night, police said.
The accident claimed the lives of Asif, Arman, and Salman – all twelfth-grade students at Jashore Sadar upazila's Natunhat Public College.
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The crash occurred at 9:15pm in the Natunhat Gazir Dorga as the truck ran over the twelfth-graders after hitting their motorcycle.
"Asif and Armaan died on the spot. Salman succumbed to his injuries at Jashore General Hospital," Navaran Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mizanur Rahman said.
"Legal action will be taken in connection with the accident," he added.
One dead, five injured in Bagerhat road crash
A person was killed and five others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a jeep in Bagerhat’s Mollahat area on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Shuvo Elahi, 24, the driver of the jeep.
According to police, a Dhaka-bound bus of Imad Paribahan crashed into a Khulna-bound jeep in Kahalpur area under Bagerhat’s Mollahat upazila at about 2:00pm.
“The collision left six people, including Shuvo, in critically injured conditions. They were rushed to Mollahat Upazila Health Complex from where they were sent to Dhaka for better treatment. Shuvo died on his way to Dhaka,” said Sheikh Abul Hasan, In-charge of Mollahat Highway Police Outpost.
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Hasan added that although the driver and the helper of the bus have managed to flee, efforts are on to apprehend them.
All the injured were passengers of the jeep, police said.
9 killed in collision between two buses in India's Kerala
At least nine people, including five students, have been killed and more than 38 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
The tragedy occurred in the state's Palakkad district when one of the two buses attempted to overtake a private car, according to a top government Minister.
"Nine people, including five students and a teacher, were killed in the accident,” Road Transport Minister Antony Raju told the local media on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to offer his condolences to the families of those killed in the accident.
"PM @narendramodi has expressed grief on the loss of lives due to an accident in Kerala’s Palakkad district. He extends condolences to the bereaved families and prays for a quick recovery of the injured," the Prime Minister's Office tweeted.
A probe has been ordered into the accident, the Road Transport Minister said.
Road accidents are common in India, with one taking place every four minutes. These accidents are often blamed on poor roads, rash driving and scant regard for traffic laws.
The Indian government's implementation of stricter traffic laws in recent years has failed to rein in accidents, which claim over 100,000 lives every year.
Man killed as train hits private car in Gazipur
A businessman was killed and his driver injured when a train hit a private car at an unauthorized level crossing at Nalchata in Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur district on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Sohel Hasib Khan, 50, son of Ali Azam of Fuldi village in the upazila.
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Saiful Islam, sub-inspector of Kaliganj Police Station, said the accident occurred in the morning when the Dhaka-bound ‘Upukul Express’ train from Noakhali hit the private when it was passing the level crossing, leaving Sohel dead on the spot.
On information, police recovered the body and handed it over to his family.
4 killed as truck ploughs into roadside market in Narsingdi
Four people were killed and three others injured as a truck hit them in Belabo upazila of Narsingdi district on Sunday morning.
The deceased were identified as Abul Kalam, 36, Siddique Mia, 45, Abu Siddique, 38, and Nuru Mia, 45, of the upazila.
The Bhairab-bound truck ploughed through a kitchen market on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Mahmudabad, leaving three people dead on spot and four others injured, said Nur Hossain, sub-inspector (SI) of Bhairab Highway police.
Nuru Mia died on the way to Bhairab Upazila Health complex while the others are undergoing treatment at the hospital, he added.
Police seized the killer truck but its driver managed to flee.
The bodies were sent to Narsingdi Sadar Hospital morgue for post-mortem, the SI added.
Pedestrian killed being hit by truck at Tejgaon
An employee of Partex group was killed as a truck hit him near BSTI of Tejgaon Industrial area on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Zinnat Ali, 54, of Doulatpur upazila in Kushtia district. He was a supervisor of Partex group.
Sub-Inspector (SI) Jahurul Islam of Tejgaon Industrial police station, said the accident occurred around 8:00 am when Zinnat was going to his workplace.
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Local people rushed critically injured Zinnat to Samarita Hospital where he was declared dead at around 8:25 am, Jahurul said.
Police arrested the helper, who was driving the truck instead of its driver, and also seized the vehicle from the spot.
The body was sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for autopsy.
Panchagarh SSC examinee killed in road crash on way to exam centre
A Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinee was killed in a road crash at Debiganj upazila in Panchagarh Saturday on his way to exam hall.
The deceased was identified as Sabirul Islam Sagar,16, a student of Kalurhat KC High School and son of Mojibul Islam from Khochabari Kalicharan village in the upazila.
Sagar was on his way to attend Bengali second paper exam at MP Girls High School center at Kaliganj Saturday morning by an auto-rickshaw.
Near Matiapara area on Dhangirhat-Kaliganj road the auto rickshaw overturned while saving a goat on the road, leaving Sagar severely injured, said Md Jamal Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Debiganj police station.
He was declared dead by the doctors when taken to the upazila health complex, said the OC.
Schoolboy killed in Dhaka road crash
A schoolboy was killed as an unidentified vehicle hit him in the city’s Tejgaon area on Sunday morning.
The deceased was identified as Ali Hossain, 16, a resident of the area and a class X student of Government Science College.
The speeding vehicle hit Hossain in front of Bangladesh Government (BG) Press in Tejgaon industrial area around 7:30 am when he was going for his coaching classes, leaving him seriously injured, said Hossain’s father Azmir Matbor.
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Locals rushed him to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him dead, said DMCH police outpost in-charge inspector Md Bacchu Mia.
The body has been kept in the hospital morgue, he said.