Three of a family were killed and another was injured as the motorbike they were on hit a truck in Dinajpur early yesterday.
The accident happened as the biker lost control over the vehicle on Dinajpur-Gobindaganj regional highway, in front of M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital, around 5:00am, said police.
Beauty Begum (35) and her daughter Fahima Akter (15) died on the spot, and Beauty’s three-year-old son Nasirullah passed away at the hospital, said Md Asaduzzaman, inspector (investigation) of Dinajpur Sadar Police Station.
Beauty’s husband Md Hossain (45) was undergoing treatment at the hospital.
During their journey, Fahima was sitting in the middle while Beauty at the back with her son in her lap.
Hossain started travelling from Birol upazila to go home to Pachtikuri village in Bholarhat upazila of Chapainawabganj to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with his family members. He lives in Forkabat village in Birol area and is the headteacher of Tegra Darul Hadis Salafia Madrasa in Dinajpur.
The police officer said the truck fled the spot soon after the accident.
In another accident, a man was killed after a speeding bus hit his motorcycle in Doshmile area of Kaharol upazila, Dinajpur yesterday morning.
The deceased — identified as Sahidur Rahman (53) — was a land surveyor in Mostafapur union under Parbatipur upazila. He was heading to Parbatipur from Birganj upazila in the district.
Our Bogura correspondent adds, a man was killed and 12 others were injured as a bus hit a rice-laden truck parked beside Bogura-Natore regional highway in Shakpala area of Shahjahanpur upazila yesterday morning.
Police could not ascertain the identities of the victims immediately, who were on the bus.
Among them, eight were admitted to Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, said police.
