Five people, including husband and wife, were killed and five others injured in three separate road accidents in Tangail on Sunday.
Mirzapur Thana police said three people including husband and wife died as an auto rickshaw collided head-on with a bus in Kadim Dewhata area in Mirzapur upazila around 10am, report BSS.
The deceased were identified as Jahangir Hossain, 35, and his wife Taslima Begum, 28, hailed from Chandulia village and Shoriful Islam, 40, an inhabitant in Mirzapur municipality area. Taslima died on the spot while Jahangir and Shoriful succumbed to their injuries at Kumudini Hospital. They were the passengers of the auto rickshaw.
Besides, a man named Kamal Mia, 50, was killed and five others were injured as a truck crushed a van in Garo Bazar area in Ghatail upazila midnight last night. He was a resident at Chariabaid village in the upazila.
On the other hand, a man was killed as a truck skidded of the road and plunged into a ditch in Sign Board area in Delduar upazila midnight last night.
The man was identified as Shohorab Hossain, 48, an inhabitant in Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur district. He was a truck labour.