Two college students among 5 killed in road accidents

Five people, including two college students, were killed and at least 15 others injured in separate road accidents in three districts- Laxmipur, Gopalganj and Brahmanbaria, on Monday.

LAXMIPUR:  Three people were killed and at least 15 injured when a passenger bus overturned on the Lakshmipur-Noakhali regional highway in Chandraganj.

The accident occurred around 11:30am in the Char Chamita area of the upazila. The deceased were identified as Mansura Begum, wife of Siddiqur Rahman of Chandpur, Babul of Chandraganj and Ashik of Ramgati.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Chandraganj Highway Police Station (PS) Md Adel Akbar confirmed the deaths and said the injured were rescued and taken to Laxmipur Sadar Hospital.

According to police and local sources, the bus, operated by Anand Paribahan under Nafis Enterprise, was travelling at a high speed when it overturned. One of the injured passengers, Abdur Rahman, said the driver continued driving recklessly despite passengers asking him to slow down.

Dr Zahurul Islam Rony, a physician at the Sadar Hospital, said three people were brought to the hospital dead, while at least 15 others were admitted with injuries. Some of the injured were later referred to hospitals in Noakhali and Dhaka for better treatment.

GOPALGANJ:  A college student was killed in a head-on collision between a private car and a motorcycle in the district.

The deceased was identified as Sarzil Sikdar, 22, a first-year undergraduate student at Gopalganj Government College and son of Shah Alam Sikdar and Nirala Begum, President of the municipal unit of the BNP’s women’s wing. He was a resident of Bankpara in Gopalganj town.

The accident occurred around 9:30 pm in front of Gobra Madrasa on the Gopalganj-Ghonapara regional highway.

According to local sources, Sarzil was travelling towards Gopalganj town from Ghonapara on his motorcycle when it collided head-on with a private car coming from the opposite direction.

He sustained critical injuries and was taken to Gopalganj Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

Gopalganj Sadar PS OC Md Aminul Islam confirmed the accident.

BRAHMANBARIA: Another college student was killed in a collision between a motorcycle and an auto-rickshaw in Nabinagar Upazila of the district.

The deceased was identified as Somaiya Akter, a student of Nabinagar Government College.

The accident occurred in the Aliaabad Bus Stand area of the upazila on Monday, Nabinagar Police Station Inspector (Investigation) Rajiv Kanti Nath confirmed the matter.

According to local and hospital sources, a motorcycle and an auto-rickshaw collided head-on in the area, leaving Somaiya critically injured. Locals rescued her and took her to Nabinagar Upazila Health Complex, where doctors declared her dead after examination.

Her death left her family, classmates and local residents in mourning.

The exact cause of the accident and the identities of the drivers involved could not be immediately confirmed.