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Man dies after being hit by bus in Dhaka’s Jatrabari
A 50-year-old man was killed as a bus hit him at Kajla in the city’s Jatrabari area on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Alauddin Molla, a private car driver in Mehendiganj upazila of Barishal district.
The Dhaka-bound bus of ‘Nagar Paribahan’hit him around 9:30 am, leaving him injured, said sub-inspector Anwar Hossain of Jatrabari Police Station.
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Later, he was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where doctors declared him dead around 10:30 am.
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Sylhet road crash: Trucker held in Dakkhin Surma
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Sunday arrested the truck driver who was responsible for the deaths of 15 people in a road crash in Dakkhin Surma upazila.
The arrestee was identified as Shafiqul Islam, 27, son of Mistar Mia of Moksedpur in Sherpur upazila.
Tipped off, a team of Rab-9 conducted a drive in the area and arrested Shafiqul from Dakkhin Surma upazila on Sunday, said media officer of Rab-9 Senior ASP Afsan Al Alam.
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On June 7 eleven people were killed and ten others were injured when a truck collided head on with a covered van at Nazir Bazar in the upazila.
The injured were taken to Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital where the doctors declared four more of them dead.
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A case was filed in this connection.
The arrestee was handed over to police.
3 women killed as truck hit pick-up van in Habiganj
Three women were killed and 10 people injured when a truck rammed into a pick-up van carrying devotees towards the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal(Rh) on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district early Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Manjila Begum, 45, Tanzila Begum, 35 and Shahinur Begum, 45 of Hossainpur village in Kishoreganj district.
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Rakibul Islam, officer-in-charge of Bahubal Model Police Station, said the pick-up van with 15 devotees on board was heading towards the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal(Rh) from Gobindapur village.
When the pick-up van reached near Mouchak Mohona Community Centre, a stone-laden truck crashed into the vehicle around 1:45 am, leaving three women dead on the spot and 10 others injured.
The injured were taken to Sadar Hospital.
College teacher killed as bus runs over him in Bogura
A college teacher was killed when a bus knocked him down on Bogura-Rangpur highway at Jhopgari in Sadar upazila of Bogura district on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Hafizur Rahman, 50, a teacher of Ghoraghat Government College in Dinajpur district and son of Mizanur Rahman of Dhunat upazila.
The accident occurred at 10:30 am when the Rangpur-bound bus hit Hafizur while crossing the road, leaving him dead on the spot, said Afzal Hossain, sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station.
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Police seized the bus but the driver and his helper managed to flee the scene.
12 killed in multi-vehicle crash in Turkey’
A multi-vehicle crash in southern Turkey's Hatay province killed at least 12 people and injured 31 others, including three seriously, officials said.
A truck crossed into opposite lanes after the driver lost control late Saturday, colliding with nine cars and two minibuses, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
Many of the vehicles were parked by the roadside near a gas station as friends and relatives said goodbye to men leaving to carry out mandatory military service.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said that fires broke out on the Iskenderun-Antakya highway. The minister tweeted that 22 ambulances and three medical rescue teams were sent to the scene in Topbogazli.
“May God have mercy on our citizens who lost their lives, I express my condolences to their relatives,” he tweeted. “We will do our best to ensure that the injured regain their health as soon as possible.”
Hatay was one of the worst hit of the 11 Turkish provinces affected by a Feb. 6 earthquake that devastated parts of Turkey and Syria. At least 50,783 died in Turkey, according to the government.
The private Demiroren news agency said that the truck was carrying excavated earthquake rubble and hit another truck before crossing the highway at around 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT).
Witness Ali Sarrac said that some of those killed had burned to death, Anadolu reported. Images showed burning vehicles as emergency teams tried to keep people away from the blaze.
Man dies after being hit by bus in Dhaka
A 40-year old unidentified man died after being hit by a bus in the capital’s Kamalapur crossing on Sunday morning.
The deceased, apparently a vagabond, was wearing pant and jacket.
Ujjal Miah, a sub-inspector of Motijheel police station, said the accident occurred around 10am when the speeding bus knocked him down in front of Traffic Box in Kamalapur crossing, leaving him critically injured.
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Auto-rickshaw driver Md Russel rushed him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where physicians declared him dead upon arrival, the SI said, adding that the body was kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy.
Man, nephew killed in Dinajpur road crash
A man and his nephew were killed when a bus rammed a motorbike on Dinajpur-Phulbari road at Chuniapara in Fhulbari upazila of Dinajpur district on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Babul Hossain, 55, son of Asim Uddin and Sohan, 35, son of Masum.
Both of them were staff at Eloari land office in Phulbari upazila.
Hasan Mohammad Rubel, sub-inspector of Kotwali Police Station, said the accident occurred around 9 am when the bus hit the motorbike carrying Babul and Sohan while they were heading towards their workplace.
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On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to a local hospital morgue.
9 killed in road crashes in 3 districts
At least nine people including three of a family were killed and 12 others injured in separate road crashes in Dinajpur, Munshiganj and Natore districts on Thursday.
In Munshiganj, four people were killed when a bus hit a parked truck on Bangabandhu Expressway at Shologhar in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj district in the morning.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The accident occurred around 8:45 am when the bus hit the stationary truck, leaving two dead on the spot and injured two others, said Molla Zakir Hossain, in-charge of Highway Police.
Four people, including three members of the same family, were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for treatment.
The injured were identified as Jasmine Sadia, 28, her two daughters, Shafa (11), and Samiha (7), and Billal Bepari (40).
In Dinajpur, three members of a family including two children were killed and two others injured when a bus hit a three-wheeler carrying four people while overtaking a bus at Uchitpur in Chirirbandar upazila of the district on Thursday.
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The deceased were identified as Uttam, 35, son of Shankar, Uttam’s wife Pallabi, 32 and their nine –year-old son Arnab of Parbatipur upazila and Mahanta, 8, son of Palash Mahanta of Mirzapur in Nawabganj upazila.
Asaduzzaman Asad, officer-in-charge of Chirirbandar Police Station, said the accident occurred around 11 am when the bus rammed into the three-wheeler while overtaking a bus, leaving two children dead on the spot and four others injured.
Of the injured, Uttam and his wife Pallabi died on way to a hospital while the two others were taken to a local hospital.
The family met the tragic accident while going to Sikdarhat to visit a herbal medicine practitioner (Kabiraj) in Sadar upazila.
Vehicular movement on Dinajpur-Gobindaganj regional highway remained suspended for two hours following the accident.
In Natore, Imon Hossain, 19, a student of Imon Sadhonpur Pangu Niketon College, was killed when a motorbike carrying him plunged into a roadside ditch after hitting an electric pole at Jagadishpur are in Naldanga upazila around 12 am.
4 dead in Munshiganj as bus hits truck
Four people were killed when a bus hit a parked truck on Bangabandhu Expressway at Shologhar in Sreenagar upazila of Munshiganj district today.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The accident occurred around 8:45 am when the bus hit the stationary truck, leaving two dead on the spot and injured two others, said Molla Zakir Hossain, in-charge of Highway Police.
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The injured were taken to a local hospital where the doctors declared them dead.
Two killed as pickup van rams auto-rickshaw in Dhaka; 3 injured
Two people were killed and three others including two policemen were injured as a pickup van rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Jatrabari area of Dhaka Friday morning.
The deceased were identified as CNG driver Md Akbar Hossain, 40, and pedestrian Md Hasan, 30.
Among the injured, one identified as Sohel, 35. However, the identities of the policemen could not be known.
Salman Rahman, sub-inspector of Jatrabari Police Station, said a speedy pickup van hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Rayerbag area around 6:30 am, leaving them injured.
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Police rushed them to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared Akbar dead on arrival, he said.
Later, pedestrianHasan succumbed to his injuries around 9:30am, added the SI.
The injured policemen are undergoing treatment at Rajarbagh Hospital.
Police, however, detained the pickup driver and his assistant, SI Rahman said.
The bodies have been kept at DMCH morgue for post-mortem, said Inspector Bachhu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital police camp.