At least 16 people were killed and many others injured in two separate road accidents in Sylhet and Bogura districts on Friday morning.
In Sylhet, a collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Osmaninagar upazila left nine people, including a child, dead.
Inspector (Investigation) of Osmaninagar Police Station Joynal Abedin said a Dhaka-bound Unique Paribahan bus collided head-on with a Sylhet-bound Bengal Paribahan Ltd sleeper coach in the Kashikapan area around 7:00am.
Under the impact of the collision, the Unique Paribahan bus fell into a roadside ditch, leaving seven of its passengers dead on the spot, he said, adding that the accident also left several other passengers injured.
The injured were rescued and taken to different hospitals. A critically injured three-year-old child was taken to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared the child dead. Another injured succumbed to injuries at the hospital.
The police officer said all the deceased were passengers of the Unique Paribahan bus. Their identities could not be confirmed immediately.
Members of Sherpur Highway Police, Osmaninagar Police Station and Fire Service rushed to the spot and carried out a rescue operation. The bodies were recovered and sent to hospital morgue for autopsy.
In Bogura, seven people were killed and at least 25 others injured after a bus ploughed into day labourers standing by the road in the Erulia Silkibandha area of Sadar upazila.
