At least eleven people have been killed and 26 others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj, Pabna, and Bagerhat districts.
In Sirajganj, five women were killed and 23 others injured in a collision among three vehicles on the eastern side of Bangabandhu Bridge at Kodda intersection in sadar upazila on Thursday.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, reports UNB.
Police said a Dhaka-bound 'Alif Paribahan' bus hit a bus from behind as its driver lost control over steering while a speeding truck coming from the opposite direction crashed into the two buses around 11:30 am, leaving five people dead on the spot and 23 others injured.
The injured were taken to a local hospital.
Earlier, two unidentified people were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between two trucks at Sayedabad in Sadar upazila of the district in early Thursday.
The accident took place around 1:00 am when a Northern region-bound iron rod-laden truck from Dhaka collided head on with another truck, leaving two people dead on the spot and two others injured.
On information, a fire-fighting unit went to the spot and recovered the bodies, Sirajganj Fire Service official said. The injured were taken to a local hospital, the official added.
In Pabna, a woman and her daughter were killed and another injured when a trolley hit a van carrying them at Char Bangania village in Sadar upazila on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Rini Khatun, 35, wife of Akbar Ali, and her daughter Barsha, 7, of the village.
The accident took place around 9:00 am when a brick-laden trolley hit the van, leaving two people dead on the spot and van puller Akbar injured. The injured was taken to Pabna General Hospital, police said.
In another accident, two teachers were killed as a speeding truck hit the motorcycle they were at Joydihi village in Mollahat upazila of Bagerhat district on Wednesday night.
The deceased—Rafiqul Islam, 45, assistant teacher of Sorospur Government Primary School, and Baharul Alam Molla, 43, of Sorospur Dakkhinpara Government Primary School—were hailing from Sorospur village, police said.
The truck hit the motorcycle around 10:00pm on the Bagerhat-Mawa highway at Joydihi village of the upazila, leaving the duo severely injured.
The injured were taken to Khulna Medical College Hospital where duty doctors declared them dead around 10:30pm.
