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Cinematographer Zahid Hossain killed in road accident
Cinematographer Zahid Hossain was killed in a road accident on Wednesday.
The accident occurred in Chakaria’s Baniachara area on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at about 6:00am while he was going to Cox’s Bazar on his motorbike.
Many small screen artistes have expressed their grief and sorrow on social media after learning about the sad demise of Zahid.
Actress Monira Mithu has written “Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun. Our favorite cinematographer Zahid Hossain has died in a road crash. I’m just speechless. What kind of passing is this?”
“Zahid was a young, talented and smiling cinematographer of Bangladeshi media industry. He was liked by all. I can’t accept the fact that he is no more,” wrote director Gautam Kouri.
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Actor Irfan Sazzad has said “I told you many times to get rid of your craze on bikes. I told you again and again that the roads of Bangladesh aren’t suitable for riding bikes. But you didn’t listen to me and now see what has happened. Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Rajiun.”
Zahid has worked in numerous dramas as a cinematographer, including Bhalobashar Karagar, Paying Ghost, Lilua and The Last Hope.
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Students of Government Science School and College today (September 12, 2022) blocked roads in Dhaka’s Farmgate area, demanding safe roads and protesting the death of a fellow student in a road accident in Tejgaon area yesterday.
A number of students of the school took to the street around 11:50 am, in front of the Farmgate Police Box, demanding road safety, according to the UNB photographer.
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3 youths killed as two motorcycles collide head-on with lorry in Kushtia
Three youths were killed and another was seriously injured as two motorcycles collided head-on with a lorry in Kushtia on Friday.
The victims who died were identified as Jewel, 25, of Mohini Mill area of Kushtia, Faruk Mistry, 24, son of Shaukat Ali of Kumargara area and Rahul, 20, son of Manohar Sheikh of the same area.
Injured Biplab, 20, from the Serhas area, was rushed to Kushtia General Hospital from where he was referred to Dhaka for better treatment.
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The accident occurred near the Battail Ansar camp on the Kushtia-Jhenaidah highway around 8:30 pm on Friday, said Idris Ali, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kushtia Highway Police.
The victims were coming towards Kushtia on two motorcycles and trying to pass each other. Suddenly both motorcycles collided head-on with a lorry near Battail Ansar camp on the Kushtia-Jhenaidah highway, leaving two dead on the spot.
Another one died after being rushed to hospital, added the OC.
College student killed in Ctg road crash
A 19-year-old college student was killed when a covered van hit his by-cycle in Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram on Friday, said police.
The deceased was identified as Shahidul Islam Noyon, a resident of the upazila. He was a student of class XI of Nizampur Government College.
The accident occurred around 12pm when a speeding covered van hit Noyon’s by-cycle on Baryarhat-Karerhat road in Chinkirhat area, leaving him dead on spot, said Baten, sub-inspector (SI) of Zorargonj police station.
Police seized the killer vehicle, however, the driver managed to flee the scene, he added.
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BGB member killed in Bhola road accident
A BGB member was killed and four others were injured when a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw near Bhola’s Ilisha Bazar area on Tuesday.
The deceased was Md Ismail Hossain Titu, 40, son of Md Anwar Hossain of Muchakandi village under Bhola Sadar upazila.
According to locals, Ismail was coming to his house in Bhola Sadar from Khagrachhari on vacation.
The accident occurred when the truck coming from the opposite direction collided with the three-wheeler on which Ismail was riding, leaving him dead on the spot.
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The injured including the driver of the three-wheeler were admitted to Bhola Sadar Hospital.
Md Enayet Hossain, Officer In-charge of Bhola Model Police Station, said that the body has been sent to Bhola Sadar Hospital for autopsy.
“The helper of the truck has been held and the truck has been seized. A case under the Road Transport Act has been filed in this regard,” said the OC.
Two killed in Bogura road crash
Two people were killed and four others injured when a speeding bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Bogura highway in Hamchayapur area of Bogura’s Sherpur upazila Thursday noon.
One of the deceased was identified as driver of the three-wheeler Abdul Based, 30, son of Shahar Uddin from Birail village of Sherpur upazila’s Mirzapur union.
Identity of the other deceased couldn’t be known immediately, said Shahadat Hossain, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Sherpur Highway Police Outpost.
He said the accident occurred when the bus rammed into the three-wheeler while giving side to a motorcycle coming from the wrong direction.
The collision left six people travelling the three-wheeler critically injured.
All of them were taken to Sherpur Upazila Health Complex for treatment where one of the injured died upon arrival.
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The rest were transferred to Shahid Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital (SZMC) where another person breathed his last a while later.
The remaining four are currently undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Although the bus driver and his helper managed to flee, police seized the bus, said AKM Baniul Anam, In-charge of Sherpur Highway Police Outpost.
Road accident kills soldier, injuries three others in Bandarban
An army man was killed and three others were injured as a pickup van carrying them fell off the Thanchi-Alikadom Road in Headmanpara area of the district on Tuesday, said police.
The deceased was identified as Shimul, 28, a soldier of 16 ECB in the Bangladesh Army. The injured - identified as soldiers Farhad, Ibrahim and the vehicle’s driver corporal Prabir, are undergoing treatment at Thanchi Hospital.
Mohiuddin, sub inspector of Thanchi Police Station, said the accident occurred around 4pm when the driver of the vehicle lost control and it fell around 500 feet as it went off the road.
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The accident left Shimul dead on the spot and the three others critically injured, said he adding that a process is underway to send the injured to CMCH for better treatment by a helicopter.
One killed, three injured on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in car-truck crash
The driver of a speeding car was killed and three of its passengers seriously injured on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chattogram's Sitakunda Friday after the fire service said a car crashed into a truck.
The deceased was identified as Forkan from Boalkhali upazila, Chattogram. The injured are Md Shahidullah, 55, his wife Jahanara Begum, 45, and son Arafat Hossain, 22, from Noakhali's Begumganj.
Nurul Alam Dulal, senior station officer of Sitakunda Fire Service, said the port city-bound car rammed into a truck parked along a road at Barabkunda Bazar of Sitakunda.
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"Forkan died on the spot. Shahidullah, Jahanara, and Arafat, who were rushed to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital in critical conditions, are not out of danger yet," he added.
6 die in India road accident
Six people were killed when a speeding car crashed into an auto-rickshaw and a bike in the Indian state of Gujarat, police said on Friday.
The accident occurred near Dali village of Gujarat's Anand district, 100 kms from the western state's capital Gandhinagar, on Thursday night.
"The car first hit the auto-rickshaw carrying four people and then the bike as its driver tried to speed away," a senior police officer told the local media.
All the four occupants of the three-wheeler passenger vehicle and two teenagers on the bike sustained serious injuries in the impact of the crash.
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"They were rushed to a local hospital, where doctors declared them dead on arrival. The car driver also sustained minor injuries in the accident," the officer said.
A probe has been ordered into the accident, he said. "The car driver has been booked for rash and negligent driving. He will be arrested upon discharge from the hospital."
Road accidents are common in India, with one taking place every four minutes. These accidents are 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.
75-yr-old killed in road accident in Dhaka
A 75-year-old man walking back home from a local mosque died after being hit by a truck at Shyampur in the city's Jurain area in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.
The deceased was identified as Hazi Abdul Mannan. He was originally from Louhajang in Munshiganj district.
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"The accident occurred around 12.20am when Mannan was crossing the road. The truck travelling at high speed hit him, leaving him injured," said inspector Bacchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police outpost.
Mannan was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries around 3.30am, said Bacchu.
"We have seized the truck."