News Desk : Tangail saw the highest number, seven, of deaths in two accidents on Saturday. The crashes and subsequent protests disrupted traffic for hours on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway.

In Mymensingh, a baby girl was born on the highway after a truck ran over and killed her parents and 6-year-old sister.

7 DEAD IN TANGAIL

In Tangail`s Mirzapur, at least four people died and nine others were injured after a bus ploughed into a truck on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway around 4:30am on Saturday, according to Molla Tutul, chief of Mirzapur Gorai Highway Police Station.

Tutul said a bus operated by Binimoy Paribahan from Dhanbari crashed into the back of a sand-laden truck, killing three passengers at the scene.

Fire service and police personnel, aided by locals, rescued 10 people from the scene and admitted them to a hospital, where one of them died, said Tutul. The authorities could not immediately identify the victims.

Traffic on the highway came to a standstill following the accident, causing immense suffering to travellers.

The situation returned to normal around 6:45am after police personnel removed the bus from the road.

Hours later, around 11:30am, a bus crushed a woman and her two children on the same highway near the Bangabandhu Bridge.

The victims have been identified as Parveen Akter, 27, her daughter Sadia Akter, 9, and son Sumon, 7.

Agitated locals blocked the highway demanding a footbridge at the scene after the accident, halting traffic for more than two hours.

Parveen, along with her two children, went to Pakulla Bus Stop in Mirzapur to travel to her in-law`s house in Basail from her parents’ home in Panisail. A speeding bus crushed them while they were crossing the highway, leaving Sadia dead on the spot, Tutul said.

Resident Physician Lutfar Rahman at Sheikh Hasina Medical College Hospital in Tangail Sadar declared the mother and son dead after they were shifted there from Jamurki Health Complex.

"Accidents are frequent in Pakulla Bus Stop because there is no footbridge. We had protested and blocked the highway several times, demanding a footbridge. The authorities had promised to construct a footbridge but did not keep their word," said Alamgir Hossian, a local.

Local politicians and rights activists also joined the protests with the locals after the latest accident. They left the highway after two and a half hours as the authorities reassured them of meeting their demand.

SIRAJGANJ

On the other side of the Bangabandhu Bridge, in Sirajganj’s Tarash, a Dhaka-bound bus and a truck hit trees after a head-on collision on the Hatikumrul-Bonpara Highway, killing three people on the spot.

Two of the dead were Mirazul Islam, 34, from Pabna’s Ishwardi, and Abdul Aziz, 42, from Rajshahi’s Bagmara. The other victim could not be identified immediately.

Lutfor Rahman, chief of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station, said police seized the vehicles, but the drivers and their assistants fled.

BABY BORN BEFORE MOTHER’S DEATH IN MYMENSINGH

A couple and their daughter died after being run over by a truck on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway at Trishal around 2:30pm.

The victims are Jahangir Alam, 40, his wife Ratna Akter and their 6-year-old daughter Sanjida Akter from Raimoni village in Trishal.

Abu Bakr Siddique, an inspector at the local police station, said Ratna was pregnant and they were crossing the highway for an ultrasonography test at Khan Diagnostic Centre on the other side of the road. The couple died at the scene after the Mymensingh-bound bus ran over them.

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Just before her death, Ratna gave birth to a baby girl on the highway. Locals rushed Sanjida and the infant to Trishal Upazila Health Complex, but the 6-year-old died on the way.

Bakr said the newborn girl was transferred to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital and then to Churkhai Community-based Hospital.

A doctor at the Upazila health complex said the baby girl broke an arm in the accident.

BOGURA

Four people were killed when a pickup truck collided with a car in Bogura`s Kahalu Upazila.

The victims have been identified as Tanser Ali, 60, his son Togor Ali, 35, Abdur Rahman, 35, and the car`s driver ‘Sumon’, 30.

Tanser, a cancer patient, was on his way to Bogura from Naogaon for treatment when a truck collided head-on with the car, said Ambar Hossain, chief of Kahalu Police Station.

Tanser, Togor and Sumon died on the spot. Abdur Rahman was seriously injured and died on the way to a hospital.

Police have seized the truck but its driver managed to flee, said Ambar.

The bodies have been sent to Bogura`s Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital for autopsy.

HABIGANJ

Three people died after a bus rammed into an autorickshaw on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway near Rustampur toll plaza at Nabiganj Upazila of Habiganj.

The victims are Rabban Mia, 45, Bakul Begum, 55, and Jabed Mia, 24

Dalim Ahmed, chief of Nabiganj Police Station, said a Sylhet-bound Mitali Paribahan bus crushed the autorickshaw. Several others were injured in the accident and sent to Nabiganj Upazila Health Complex and MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.

Traffic on the highway came to a halt for around half an hour after the crash.

BRAHMANBARIA

At least two people died in a head-on collision between a car and an autorickshaw on the Cumilla-Sylhet Highway in Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila around 1:30am.

The victims are autorickshaw driver Chan Mia, 50, and passenger Billal Hossain, 45, said Mohammad Emran Hossain, chief of Brahmanbaria Sadar Police Station. Both died at the scene, Emran said.

GAZIPUR

Two people died in separate collisions between vehicles in Gazipur.

A truck crushed a small passenger vehicle locally called “Leguna” at Pubail, killing a passenger around 4am. The victim has been identified as Moniruzzman, 38.

Abul Kashem, a sub-inspector at Pubail Police Station, said the other passengers were injured in the crash and given first-aid in the health facilities of the area.

M Ibrahim Hossain, 34, an autorickshaw passenger, died after a collision with another autorickshaw around 8:30am near Sukundibagh bridge, said Jahangir Mahmud, another sub-inspector at the police station.

DHAKA

In Dhaka`s Karwan Bazar, a passenger on a rickshaw died after the three-wheeler was struck by a bus.

The victim was identified as 24-year-old Md Ibrahim Biswas. He worked as a restaurant manager in Old Dhaka`s Nazira Bazar.

Ibrahim had gone to Karwan Bazar in the morning to buy groceries and was on his way back on a rickshaw when the accident occurred.

A bus travelling at high speed rammed the rickshaw from behind at the Panthapath intersection, said Jalal Uddin, the driver of the three-wheeler.

The two of them were thrown off the rickshaw on impact, with Jalal suffering minor injuries. Ibrahim, however, was in critical condition when pedestrians rushed him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. He was later declared dead by doctors at the hospital.

Ibrahim had only returned to Dhaka two days ago from his hometown in Barishal`s Wazirpur, according to his uncle Kabir Hossain.

He was preparing to leave the country for Saudi Arabia, he said.

Efforts are underway to track down the bus, said Shahbagh Police Inspector Golam Mostafa.

CUMILLA

A flautist died after a bus hit a motorcycle from behind on the Cumilla-Noakhali Highway in Cumilla’s Lalmai Upazila around 4:30am.

The victim, Monir Mia, was returning home to Cumilla city after performing in a programme in Laksham. Borhan Uddin, a drummer, was injured in the accident. They were members of The Cultural Foundation of Cumilla.

The organisation’s General Secretary said Borhan was transferred to a hospital in Dhaka from Cumilla Medical College Hospital.

Inspector Kayum Uddin Chowdhury of Lalmai Highway Police said they were trying to identify the bus that hit the motorcycle.

CHATTOGRAM

A woman died in a collision between a pick-up and an autorickshaw in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari around 8am.

Helal Uddin, chief of Bhujpur Police Station, said the woman, 28-year old Sharmin Akter, was on her way to her in-laws’ house in North Shoilokupa from her father’s home in Paindong.

Four people were injured in the accident and they were rushed to Fatikchhari Upazila Healtth Complex, where the doctor declared Sharmin dead.

JHENAIDAH

A 90-year-old farmer died in Jhenaidah’s Kaliganj and three others were injured after a truck hit an autorickshaw from behind in the Pirojpur area. The victim has been identified as Lokman Hossain.

Md Kamruzzaman, chief of Barobazar Police Station, said Lokman was on his way to the local market to sell vegetables.

The injured were admitted to Jashore General Hospital and two of them were in critical condition, said Kamruzzaman.

NILPHAMARI

A rickshaw van-puller died after a truck hit the three-wheeler in Nilphamari’s Joldhaka around 10am.

Feroz Kabir, an inspector at Joldhaka Police Station, said the victim, Azizul Haque, 45, fell on the road on impact after the truck hit the rickshaw van from behind.

Source: bdnews24.com