Accident
13 workers killed as truck overturns at Cumilla brick kiln
Cumilla, Jan 25 (UNB) – At least 13 brick kiln workers were killed and four others injured when a coal-laden truck overturned on a labour shed at a brick field in Chouddagram Upazila’s Narayanpur on Friday.
Buying house staff killed in city road crash
Dhaka, Jan 24 (UNB) – An employee of a buying house was killed when a lorry knocked him down in front of Shahzadpur Confidence Tower in the city’s Badda area on Wednesday night.
The deceased was identified as Jasson Aronga Ramsisu, 28, son of Kalyan Rongken of Bhatara area in the city.
The accident took place around 11 pm when a lorry hit him while he was standing beside the road, leaving him dead on the spot, said Sub-inspector Golam Mostafa of Gulshan Police Station.
On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
Man killed in Noakhali road crash
Noakhali, Jan 24 (UNB) – A man was killed and six others injured when a truck ploughed through a shop on Sonapara-Kabirhat road at Junaidpur in Kabirhat upazila on Thursday.
Six of a family among 7 killed in Laxmipur road crash
Laxmipur, Jan 23 (UNB) – Seven people, including six members of a family, were killed when a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at West Mandarin in Sadar upazila early Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Shah Alam, his wife Nasima Begum and their son Amit, his mother-in-law Shamsunnahar and sister-in-law Rokeya Begum, brother-in-law Rubel and auto-rickshaw driver Nur Hossain of Chandraganj in Sadar upazila.
The accident took place around 3:30 am when a goods-laden truck hit the Laxmipur-bound CNG-run auto-rickshaw, leaving its passengers and the driver dead on the spot, said Inspector Shahjahan of Chandraganj Highway Police.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to a local hospital morgue.
Following the accident, the truck fell into the roadside ditch.
Police said Shah Alam’s son Nadim was injured in an attack by his rivals and admitted to Sadar Hospital on Tuesday. Shah Alam along with his family met the tragedy while going to the hospital for seeing his ailing son Nadim at the hospital.
Police could not manage to arrest anyone as the truck driver fled the scene immediately after the accident.
4 killed in Noakhali road crash
Noakhali, Jan 21 (UNB)- Four people were killed and two others injured when a bus collided with an auto-rickshaw at Nirwarispur in Begumganj Upazila on Monday.
4 die as car crashes into ditch in N’ganj
Narayanganj, Jan 20 (UNB) – Four passengers of a private car were killed as the vehicle crashed into a ditch in Bostol area of Araihazar in Sonargaon upazila on Saturday morning.
At least 22 killed in Bolivia bus crash
La Paz, Jan 20 (Xinhua/UNB) - A head-on crash between two buses on the Oruro-Potosi highway in southwest Bolivia on Saturday left at least 22 dead and more than 30 others injured, said local police.
Man crushed under train in Chattogram
Chattogram, Jan 19 (UNB) – A man walking on the rail tracks at Sholashahar in the Port City was crushed to death Saturday afternoon under the wheels of a train.
8 killed in separate Cumilla road crashes
Cumilla, Jan 19 (UNB) – At least eight people died on Saturday in road accidents on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in the district.
Meghna trawler capsize: Case filed, rescue operation continues
Munshiganj, Jan 19 (UNB) – A case was filed on Friday accusing three people over the capsizing of a soil-laden trawler in the Meghna River on Tuesday that left 20 people missing.