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BSS, Jhenaidah

Three persons were killed in separate accidents at Sadar and Kaliganj upazilas on Monday.

Witnesses and Police sources said a minor boy named Polash, 8, was killed when a passenger bus hit him while he was crossing the road at Putahati point of Jhenaidah-Chuadanga road under Sadar upazila on Monday evening.

In a separate accident a Jessore-bound mini truck hit two persons from behind at Ragunathpur of Jhenaidah-Jessore road under Kaliganj upazila leaving them critically injured. They succumbed to their injuries on way to hospital.

The dead were identified as Kabir Hossain, 25, son of Fazlur Rahman, of Kotwali in Jessore and Tasmina Khatun, 15, daughter of Ajabul Haque of Raghunathpur.

Meanwhile, three persons were killed and 20 others injured when a Khulna-bound passenger bus from Kushtia lost control and hit a roadside tree at Padmabila Khuni crossing on Khulna-Jessore Highway on Monday evening.

The identities of the dead could not be known immediately. Of the injured eight were admitted to Jessore Hospital while others were admitted to different clinics.

A case was filed with concerned police station in this connection.