At least three people, including a couple, were killed and thirty two others injured in two separate road accidents in Cumilla and Natore districts on Wednesday.
In Cumilla, a couple was killed and two others were injured in a road crash on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway at Sujatpur in Chouddagram upazila on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Saiful Islam and Rumi Akter, reports UNB.
The accident occurred around 9:30am when a Noakhali-bound private car carrying four people hit a roadside tree, said Abul Kalam Azad, officer-in-charge of Miabazar Police outpost.
All four people, injured in the accident, were taken to Chouddagram Upazila Health Complex where the doctors pronounced Saiful and Rumi dead.
The couple was returning home with Rumi’s expatriate brother Humayn Kabir from Dhaka Airport.
In Natore, a man was killed and 30 others were injured in a collision between two buses at Kashiabari Bridge area in Sadar upazila on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Likhon, the assistant of a bus driver.
The accident took place around 9:30am when a Rangpur-bound bus from Rajshahi collided head-on with another bus coming from opposite direction.
Likhon was killed on the spot and 30 others were injured, said Asaduzzaman, deputy assistant director of Natore Fire Service and Civil Defence.
The injured were taken to a local hospital. Three of them were shifted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital for better treatment.
