5 killed in road accidents across three districts

At least five people were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Natore, Patuakhali and Rangpur on Sunday.

In Natore, a pedestrian named Abdur Rashid Sheikh was killed after being run over by a truck in Baraigram upazila.

The accident occurred on Sunday morning in front of the Bonpara Police Investigation Centre on the Bonpara-Pabna highway.

Police said Rashid, a resident of Mridhapara area under Bonpara Municipality, had left home to visit a relative. While he was standing by the roadside, a truck ran him over and fled the scene, killing him on the spot.

In Patuakhali, a pickup van driver was killed in a collision with an oil tanker. Two others were injured in the accident.

Meanwhile, a pedestrian was killed after being hit by a bus in Taraganj on the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway.

In another accident, two madrasa teachers were killed after a motorcycle lost control in the CO Bazar area of Rangpur Sadar.

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