Five people, including a couple, were killed in separate road crashes in Mirzapur, Ghatail and Delduar upazilas of Tangail on Sunday.
In Mirzapur upazila, three people were killed when a Tangail-bound bus from Gazipur rammed a CNG run auto-rickshaw at Baimhati Court area in the morning, said sub-inspector of Mirzapur Police Station Abdus Samad.
The deceased were identified as Shariful, 40, son of Falu Mia, Jahangir, 35, and his wife Taslima Begum, 28, of Chandulia village in the upazila, according to a UNB report.
In Ghatail upazila, Kalam Mia, 50, son of Afsar Ali of Chariabid village, was killed and five others were injured when a goods-laden truck hit a battery-run human hauler at Garo Bazar in the morning.
Meanwhile, Sohrab Hossain, 50, son of Sadaruddin Mandal of Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur district, was killed when a tree log-laden truck hit him while giving side to a bus around 12 am at Signboard in Delduar upazila of the district.