Road crashes in two dists kill 10

Onlookers gather after a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail Sunday morning, killing six people and injuring 30 others. Photo: Star Star Online Report

Ten persons including two policemen were killed and 32 injured in separate road crashes in Rajbari and Tangail early Sunday.



Among the deceased, four died in Rajbari and six died in Tangail.



In Rajbari, four persons including two policemen were killed and two injured as a BRTC bus hit a microbus carrying law enforcers from Madaripur Sadar Police Station.



Our Faridpur and Manikganj correspondents reported quoting police that a Madaripur-bound microbus from Rajshahi skidded off the Rajbari-Kushtia highway as an oncoming BRTC bus rammed it at Afra in Rajbari Sadar upazila around 6:30am.



Abdul Mannan Molla, sub-inspector of Madaripur Sadar Police Station; constable Selim of the same police station and Shamsuddin, a court clerk (Muhuri); and driver of the microbus, Lal Miah Majid, died on the spot, said Alamgir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Pangsha Police Station of Rajbari.



Injured constables – Ashraf Ali and Nurjahan – were admitted to Rajbari Sadar Hospital.



Our Tangail correspondent reported that a passenger bus plunged in a roadside ditch in Mirzapur upazila around 12:15am.



Quoting injured passengers, Sanwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Gorai Highway Police Station, said a Pabna-bound bus of 'Mahanagar Paribahan' from Dhaka veered off the highway as its driver lost his control over the steering and fell into a 30-foot deep ditch.



The bus, carrying about 40 passengers, was crossing a speed breaker when the accident took place in Savulla area of the upazila, he added.



Five passengers including the driver of the bus died on the spot while 31 injured. Another passenger succumbed to his injuries after admitting to Mirzapur Kumudini Hospital.



Hearing announcement made from a local mosque, locals rushed to the spot and managed to rescue the injured. Highway police and firefighters also joined locals in the rescue.



Nine injured bus passengers were admitted to the hospital. Of them, condition of two was stated to be critical.



The deceased are: Shokjan Begum, 50, of Sadar upazila, Abdul Hamid Sardar, 45, of Sujanagar upazila, Jamal Mondol, 35, of Ataikula upazila, Hafizur Rahman, 36, of Sujanagar upazila of Pabna district; Saiful Mollah, 25, of Shahjadpur upazila and Jahirul Islam, 45, of Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj district.



Mirzapur police recovered the bodies and sent those to Tangail General Hospital morgue for autopsy.



Most of the injured are from different upazilas of Pabna district, hospital sources said