At least seven people, including women and children, have been killed in three separate road accidents in Chattogram and Rangamati on Friday. About 22 more people were injured in these accidents. The accidents occurred in EPZ Steel Mills Bazar and Shikalbaha area of Karnafuli police station on Friday. According to police, three people, including a woman and a child, were killed when a bus overturned at Steel Mills Bazar area under EPZ police station around 12 pm. Two of the deceased were Nur Begum, 43, and her niece, 11, who were killed on spot. Another died on the way to the hospital after being rescued by the police. Also read: 4 killed in Cumilla road crash Witnesses said a speeding bus hit a rickshaw at Sailo Road and crushed the pedestrians, losing its control while escaping at Friday noon.   EPZ police officer-in-charge Utpal Barua said the mob detained the driver and helper of the bus and handed them over to the police. The bus was also seized. Meanwhile, three people were killed and at least 20 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Shikalbaha Chaumuhoni area of Karnafuli upazila. However, the identities of the injured were not immediately known. Police TI Anwar Azim said two buses collided while overtaking a CNG, injuring several passengers of the two buses. Two of them died. Also read: 3 die in Cumilla road crash All the injured have been sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital. SI Zahirul Islam, in-charge of CMCH police outpost, said at least 22 to 25 people were rushed to the hospital. They are undergoing treatment in different wards. In Rangamati, a ninth-grader schoolgirl was killed in a head-on collision between a motorbike and a Jeep at Bangalhaliya's Shafipur area of Rajasthali-Chandraghona highway on Friday morning. The deceased was identified as Opruiching Marma, 18, daughter of Mongbaching Marma of Farua union in Bilachhari upazila. She is a ninth-grader student of Chitmaram High School. Also read: 4 killed in Bhola road accident Two people including a motorcyclist were injured in the accident. Md Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury, Officer-in-charge (OC) of Chandraghona Police Station, said legal action is being taken in this case. Police are searching for the jeep.

Four people were killed in two separate road crashes in Cumilla. Three passengers of a private car were killed and another injured when a bus hit the car on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Comilla's Sadar Dakshin upazila's Suagazi area. The deceased were identified as Fakhrul Alam Dulal, 52, of Hamandi area of Laxmiipur Sadar, Miraj Hossain (18) son Mubarak Hossain of capital’s Khilgaon Taltola and private car driver Belal Hossain (35), son of Abdul Majid of Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur. Also read: 3 die in Cumilla road crash Officer-in-charge of Mainamati Highway Police Station Anisur Rahman said the private car was on its way to Chattogram. It was hit by a Dhaka-bound Shyamoli Paribahan while it was taking a U-turn in front of Hotel Kanan in Suagazi area around 3 am on Thursday. Two passengers died on the spot and the driver died on the way to Dhaka for treatment, he added. The other incident occurred at Dighirpara of Harisardar Bazar in Cumilla's Chauddagram upazila on Friday morning when a three wheeler was hit by a lorry. A school girl killed and three others were injured in it.   The deceased was identified as Lamia Akhter (8), daughter of Khalilur Rahman of Natapara area under Akter upazila and a second grade student at Natapara Government Primary School. Also read: 4 killed in Bhola road accident Bechu Mia, the autorickshaw driver said Lamia was hurt on the head as the lorry hit the autorickshaw. She was rushed to Comilla Medical College from where she was referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) as her condition deteriorated. She died on the way to DMCH, Bechu Mia futher said.

Four passengers were killed and three more were injured as two CNG autorickshaws collided with a truck at Rangunia upazila on the Chattogram-Kaptai road. The incident took place around 8pm on Thursday (March 25) in the Kalugotta area of Chandraghona-Kadamtali union in Rangunia. Also read: 7 dead, 10 injured in four different road accidents across the country The deceased were identified as Daisy Dutt (35), Abul Kalam (7), Md. Akbar Hossain (25) and child Adrish Souma. Rangunia Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mahabub Milki said the two CNG autorickshaws collided with a  Chattogram-bound truck from Chandraghona area of Rangamati at Balugutta. Four passengers were taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital in critical condition and the on-duty doctor declared them dead. Also Read: Bangladesh's roads remain perilous; 37,170 killed in 5 years He added that the bodies were kept in the morgue of the hospital and the injured are being treated.

Three persons returning home on a bike have been killed after being hit by a speeding truck in Brahmanbaria, police said Friday.