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 and three others injured when a truck hit a rickshaw on Bagerhat-Pirojpur highway at Boitpur in Sadar upazila of Bagerhat district on Monday. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The accident occurred around 11:30 am when the Pirojpur-bound truck hit the rickshaw, killing one person on the spot, said KM Azizul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station. Besides, three people were injured when an ambulance plunged into a road side ditch after being hit by the truck at the same time. READ: 35-yr-old found dead in Bagerhat The injured were taken to the local hospital but another victim died on the way to hospital. Police seized the truck but could not arrest its driver. READ: 3 injured in oxygen cylinder explosion in Bagerhat