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At least 10 people, including a police sub-inspector, a BNP leader, and a mother and her child, were killed in separate road accidents in Faridpur, Manikganj and Gazipur over Thursday and Friday. At least 10 others were injured.
Faridpur reported six deaths, while two people were killed in Manikganj and two others in Gazipur.
Faridpur: Six people, including a mother and her child, were killed in two separate accidents within about 30 minutes on Friday.
Three people died when a bus collided head-on with an ambulance in Arkandi of Madhukhali Upazila around 3pm.
About 30 minutes later, another three people were killed in a three-vehicle collision involving a sand-laden truck, a private car and an autorickshaw at Tentultala in Kanaipur.
Eight injured people were taken to Faridpur Medical College Hospital and nearby health facilities.
Gazipur: A covered van struck two people on night patrol duty in front of Shramik College on the Tongi-Ghorashal highway in Kaliganj around 3:30am on Thursday.
The victims were Sub-Inspector Mizanur Rahman of Kaliganj Police Station and Rafiqul Islam Molla, organising secretary of the BNP’s ward No. 2 unit in the local municipality.
Rafiqul died after being taken to hospital, while Mizanur succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Friday.
Two other police personnel were seriously injured and are receiving treatment. The covered van reportedly fled the scene.
Manikganj: Two autorickshaw passengers, identified as Yasin, 20, and Babul, 28, from Mahali village in Ghior Upazila, were killed when a Selpi Paribahan bus struck their vehicle near Barongail bus stand in Shibalaya Upazila on Thursday morning.
Angry locals blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway for nearly two hours following the accident, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on both sides of the road.
Traffic resumed after police intervened and brought the situation under control.