A former member of Bangladesh Army was killed and 15 people were injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in Magura sadar upazila Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Abu Hanif, 60, of Jashore district. Read: UP member among 3 killed in Dinajpur road crash The accident occurred when a bus collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction on Magura-Jashore road in Katakhali Sheikhpara area, leaving Hanif dead on the spot, said Selim, sub-inspector (SI) of Magura Highway Police. The injured were rushed to Magura Sadar Hospital, he added. “The driver and his assistants managed to flee.” A complaint has been lodged at Magura police station. Read: 2 held for illegally selling jammer, repeater and network booster in the city Road accidents in Bangladesh continue to claim hundreds of lives every year. As many as 543 people, including 81 children, were killed and 612 others injured in 427 road accidents in April, Road Safety Foundation said in its latest report released this month.

Three people were killed and 12 others injured in a collision between a battery-run auto-rickshaw and a bus in Mohammadpur upazila in Magura on Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Rabbi, 22, Jashim, 24, and Nirmal Kumar Biswas, 60, of the upazila. Ikram Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mohammadpur police station, said the accident occurred around 12pm near Kanutia on Mohammadpur road when the auto-rickshaw was hit at high speed by the bus coming from the opposite side, leaving around 15 people injured. Also read: Road accidents claim 166 lives, Covid 85 in Bangladesh in March: BHRC Among the injured, four were rushed to Magura Sadar Hospital where the doctor declared Rabbi and Jashim dead, said the OC. Nirmal succumbed to his injuries on the way to Jashore hospital. The vehicles were seized. However, the bus driver managed to flee the scene, he said. Also read: Two killed, 6 injured in Tangail road accident A case was filed at Mohammadpur police station in this regard, he added.

A 50-year-old biker was killed in a road crash in the Bhabobhati area of Magura on Monday afternoon, police said on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Subodh Kumar Shikdar, a resident of Shibrampur village under Magura municipality. He was a muhuri (deed writer) with the Arpara registry office. Read: Three held for killing former Moheshkhali pirate Alauddin Locals found him lying unconscious in the middle of the road. He was immediately rushed to Magura Sadar Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, police said. A case has been filed at the Magura police station. "The body was sent to the hospital morgue for an autopsy," said acting OC of Magura police station Monjorul Alam. Read: Bus crash in Bulgaria kills at least 45 people

Magura, Oct 26 (UNB) - Two motorcyclists were killed in front of a refueling station in the town on Jhenidah-Magura road on Friday night.