Seven people, including two children, were killed and eight others injured when a truck hurtling down a busy road crashed into a private car and a three-wheeler in Rajbari on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Md Nasir, 35, the auto-rickshaw driver, Noyon Sheikh, 9, Md Yusuf, 6, Mariam, 40, Marjina Begum, 40, Shila Khatun, 20, and Mashiran Bibi, 60, of the district's Pangsha upazila. Read: Road accidents claim 14 lives in 4 divisions The accident occurred around 9am when the driver lost control of the speeding truck and crashed into the two vehicles in the Chandpur Railgate area of Kalukhali upazila, police said. "While three people died on the spot in the impact of the crash, four others succumbed to their injuries on the way to hospital," said Liakat Ali, officer-in-charge of Pangsha Highway Police.

Three members of a family were killed and three others injured when a truck hit a private car on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Khankhanapur in Sadar upazila on Sunday.   The deceased were identified as Shuvro Mandal, 33, Lizan Biswas, 6, Shyamol Mandal, 35, of Ballavpur village in Mujibnagar upazila of Meherpur district.   Police said the accident took place around 10:30am when the truck hit the private car carrying six people while heading towards Dhaka, leaving three killed on the spot and three others injured.   The injured were taken to Goalanda Upazila Health Complex.

At least five people were killed and two others injured as a bus collided with a human hauler in Khankhanapur Sotobridge area on Dhaka- Khulna highway in Sadar upazila Sunday noon.