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An eight-year-old boy and a motorcyclist who tried to save him were killed in a road accident in Kolikandi Battala area on Pabna-Kushtia highway in Ishwardi upazila on Sunday night. The deceased child was identified as Alif, 8, son of Zahid Hossain of Koladi village in Pabna Sadar upazila. The identity of the motorcyclist could not be determined immediately. Md Nannu Khan, officer-in-charge (OC) of Pakshi Highway Police Station, said Alif had gone to Pakshi with his mother and was returning home in a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw. The vehicle was carrying several passengers. As it reached the Kolikandi Battala area, it swerved slightly, causing Alif to slip from his mother’s lap and fall onto the road. Seeing her son fall, the mother jumped from the moving auto-rickshaw to save him, said police . At that moment, the unidentified motorcyclist travelling along the highway tried to rescue the child but before he could do so, a speeding truck coming from the opposite direction struck both the child and the motorcyclist, leaving them dead on the spot. Police recovered the bodies and seized the motorcycle involved in the accident. The truck and the auto-rickshaw drivers, however, managed to escape. Alif’s injured mother was taken to Ishwardi Upazila Health Complex for treatment. Police said efforts are underway to trace the vehicles and those responsible.

Three of a family, including two children, were killed and four others injured when a speeding bus crashed into their van on the Dhaka-Pabna Highway of Pabna's Santhia upazila on Thursday night, police said. The deceased were identified as Abu Sayeed, 55, son of late Abdul Latif, his son Tawhid, 4, and niece Rauja, 5, all residents of Durgapur village under Kashinathpur union of the upazila. Santhia Police Station officer-in-charge Asif Mohammad Siddiqul Islam said that the victims were returning home after attending a feast in Korial village around 8pm when the Dhaka-bound C-Line transport bus hit their van at high speed. Read: Narail road accidents claim two lives The crash left all the seven seriously injured. The victims were rushed to a local hospital and later shifted to Pabna General Hospital as their condition deteriorated. Two of the critically injured victims succumbed to their injuries on the way while another died at Pabna General Hospital, said the police official. SM Abdul Kashem Azad, OC of Madhpur Highway Police Station, said the driver and the helper of the bus managed to flee. "Efforts are on to nab them," he said.

Two people were killed when a truck hit a van on Dashuria-Muladuli highway at Saraikandi in Ishwardi upaizla of Pabna district on Monday. The deceased were identified as Selim Sardar, 40, son of Ashraf Sardar and Rakib Hasan, 35, son of Abdul Goni of the Upazila. Also read: 2 killed, 3 injured in road accident in Dinajpur The accident occurred around 11:30 am when the truck hit the van from behind , leaving two people injured, said Asaduzzaman Asad, officer-in-charge of Ishwardi Police Station. Also read: Biker killed, pillion rider injured in Dhaka road accident Later, they were taken to a local hospital where doctors declared them dead.

At least five people, including three minors, were killed in separate road accidents in Pabna and Habiganj districts on Friday, police said. The acc