3 killed in separate road accidents in capital

Three people were killed in separate road accidents in Gabtoli and Khilkhet in the capital on Wednesday morning. 

Two women were killed after being hit by a bus while crossing the road in Gabtoli, while a young man died after a collision with an oil tanker in Khilkhet. Another woman was injured in the Gabtoli accident.

Around 10:30am, a Chandni Paribahan bus hit three women while they were crossing the road in the Parbat area of Gabtoli, leaving Delowara Begum, 70, and an unidentified woman dead on the spot. Monowara Begum, 75, was injured and is undergoing treatment at a hospital. Delowara and Monowara were sisters.

Darus Salam Police Station Officer-in-Charge Dulal Hossain said the bus was travelling from Bogura to Dhaka. The bus and its driver have been detained. The bodies were sent to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital for autopsies.

Babu Hossain, son-in-law of Delowara, said the two sisters lived in Savar. They had visited another sister’s home in Mirpur and were returning to Savar when the accident occurred.

Meanwhile, Tausif, 28, was killed after an oil tanker hit a motorcycle near the Khilkhet police box around 10am. He was the son of Kamrul Islam of Kachijhuli village in Mymensingh Sadar.

Tausif was travelling from the airport to Motaleb Plaza on a ride-sharing motorcycle when an oil tanker belonging to Asia Pump hit it from behind, throwing him onto the road. The tanker ran over his legs.

He was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead around 1pm. His body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy.