Three people died in two separate accidents in Nilphamari’s Dimla and Chuadanga’s Jibannagar on Monday.
Two motorcyclists were killed after a speeding motorcycle lost control and hit a tree in Nilphamari’s Dimla upazila on Monday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Rafik Islam (22), son of Md Bacchu Mia and Ripon Islam (23), son of Md Bulu Hossain of Dimla’s Balapara union.
The accident took place on Dimla’s Dangarhat-Gomanati road on Monday afternoon.
Dimla police station officer-in-Charge Laisur Rahman said they were seriously injured in the accident. Later the locals rescued them and took them to Dimla Upazila Health Complex where the doctor declared them dead.
“The bodies of the two deceased are in the hospital. Legal proceedings are underway,” he said.
Meanwhile, an elderly man riding a bicycle in Chuadanga’s Jibannagar was killed after being hit by a motorcycle in the upazila’s Kandarpur area on Monday
The deceased was identified as Mosharraf Hossain, 60, son of late Jabed Ali of Kandarpur village. The two motorcyclists were injured in the accident. They were taken to Jibannagar Upazila Health Complex for treatment.
Nasir Uddin, the officer-in-charge of Jibannagar police station, said the body of the deceased was given to the family for burial as they didn’t lodge any complaints in this regard.