4 killed in road mishaps in 2 dists

Four people were killed and eight others injured in separate road accidents in Gopalganj and Panchagarh districts in two days.

GOPALGANJ: A 45-year-old bi-cyclist was killed and three pedestrians were seriously injured after a passenger bus struck them on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Gopalganj on Saturday at around 4:30 pm, triggering an angry mob to set the bus ablaze.

The victim, Mahibul Molla, a resident of Goala Chandradighalia Village, was returning home after shopping at Chandradighalia Bazar when he was hit by a Khulna-bound air-conditioned bus operated by Falguni Paribahan.

Enraged locals set fire to the bus following the crash. Fire service personnel later brought the blaze under control.
Officer-in-Charge of Gopalganj Sadar Police Station (PS) Aminul Islam confirmed the death and said fire fighters had extinguished the fire.

The incident brought traffic on the Dhaka-Khulna Highway to a halt for around 90 minutes.

PANCHAGARH: Three people, including the wife and eight-year-old daughter of a journalist, were killed and five others injured when a truck rammed a passenger three-wheeler from behind in the Kaikilla Dighi area of Chandanbari Union in Boda Upazila of the district on Friday afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Mahmuda Akter, 35, wife of Dhara News Senior Reporter Ali Azgar Khokon; their daughter Al Aqsa Sumaiya Sampriti, 8; and Promila Rani, 30, from Pamuli in Debiganj Upazila.

Mahmuda and her daughter died while receiving treatment in Rangpur, while Promila died at a hospital in Thakurgaon after being transferred from Boda Upazila Health Complex.

The five injured, including two children aged two and seven, were taken to different hospitals for treatment. The truck driver fled the scene after the crash. 

Boda PS Inspector (Investigation) Rezwanul Haque Mondol confirmed the deaths, saying police have identified the truck and are preparing to file a case.