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Separate road crashes kill three in Manikganj, Barishal

| Updated: November 24, 2019 17:44:50


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Three people died and 20 others were injured in separate road accidents in Manikganj and Barishal.

In Manikganj, two people were killed and 20 others sustained injuries in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Pukhuria in Ghior upazila of the district on early Sunday.

The deceases were identified as truck driver Md Saifullah Morol, 30, of Tala upazila in Satkhira district, and bus passenger Masudur Sheikh, 26, of Sadar upazila in Faridpur district. 

In-charge of Barangail Highway Police outpost Yamin-ud-Doula said the Faridpur-bound bus collided with the fish-laden truck around 12:30am, leaving the duo dead on the spot and 20 people injured.

On information, police recovered the bodies while the injured were taken to hospital, UNB reported.

The condition of five of the injured was stated to be critical, the OC added.

In Barishal, a college student was killed as a truck crashed into his motorcycle on Saturday night.

The deceased was identified as Abhoy Das, 17, a first year student of Infra Polytechnic Institute and son of Sajal Das of Sarikor in Gournadi upazila of the district. He used to reside in a mess in Sher-e-Bangla Road area of the city.

Witnesses said the truck hit the motorcycle at Nathullabad around 11:30pm, leaving Abhoy critically injured.

He was taken to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.

Officer-in-charge of Airport Police Station Zahid Bin Alam said they seized the truck but its driver managed to flee.

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