Five people were killed and several others injured in separate road accidents in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla district on Saturday.
Two brick kiln workers were killed as a bus hit a tractor on Dhaka-Kachua road near Shayestanagar, said Kaushik Ahmed, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Eliotganj Highway Police.
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The deceased were identified as Borhan, son of Gias Uddin of Lakshmipur village, and Mohammad Ali, son of Syed Ali of Jamalpur Sadar upazila.
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In another accident, a Dhaka-bound Anirban Paribahan bus collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw near Daulatpur bus stand on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in the same upazila, leaving Dolly Akter, a passenger, dead on the spot.
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Other injured passengers and drivers were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where two more victims- Jiana Akter and Jahanara Begum- succumbed to their injuries.
All the victims of this accident were residents of the nearby Basra village, said Sub-Inspector Md. Helal of Gauripur police investigation center.
Police seized the bus involved in the accident, he said.