An auto rickshaw driver and a woman riding it were killed when the vehicle was hit by a truck near Panchgachia in Feni on Friday. The deceased were identified as Md Shakil, 20, from Momarispur village and Jesmin Akter,45, from Yakubpur village in Dagonbhuiyan upazila, said Md Abdus Samad, officer-in-charge of Mohipal highway police station. Read: Worker killed in Kurigram road accident Four other passengers of the auto sustained injuries in the accident. They were admitted to Feni General Hospital, he said. The accident occurred around 12 pm when the Nokahali-bound truck collided with the auto rickshaw coming from the opposite side on Feni-Noakhali regional highway. The two died on the spot, said the OC. The vehicles have been seized and legal actions will be taken in this regard, said the OC.  

A man and his wife died on the spot when their motorbike collided head-on with a truck on the Muhuriganj Highway in Feni's Chhagalnaiya Saturday. The deceased Nur Uddin and Aklima Akter were from the Kalidaha union of Chhagalnaiya upazila, said Monir Hossain, in-charge of Fazilpur Highway Police Outpost. Police managed to seize the truck and held the driver and his assistant, Monir added. Read: 4 killed in Kurigram road accident Every day seven to eight people die in motorcycle accidents in the country, according to Nirapad Sarak Chai (Nischa). In the last six months up to June this year, 18 people died in road accidents on average every day, said Bangladesh Passengers Welfare Association. Read: 3 killed in Gazipur road accident Road accidents claim around 5,000 lives in Bangladesh every year, said Nischa.

Two people were killed and three others were injured when a bus rammed a CNG auto-rickshaw at Basurhat in Dagonbhuiya upazila of Feni district.