The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

At least 10 people were killed and 45 others injured in separate road accidents at Sirajganj and Savar on Friday and Saturday.

Four people, including a physician, were killed and 32 others injured in a head on collision between a bus and a truck at Konabari near western part of Jamuna Bridge in Sirajganj district Saturday morning.

Police and eyewitnesses said the northern region-bound truck from Dhaka collided with the Dhaka-bound passenger bus coming from Lalmonirhat at about 5:00 AM yesterday that killed two passengers of the bus on the spot and injured 34 others. The deceased were identified as Alamgir, 38 and Dr MA Matin, 50.

Two of the injured died on the way to Sadar Hospital. One of them was identified as Akher Ali, 50, while the others could not be identified immediately. Of the injured, 21 passengers, including the bus driver, were admitted to Sadar Hospital while seven other to different local clinics.

On information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies. Truck driver went into hiding soon after the accident.

At least six people were killed and 13 others injured in a fatal road accident on Kaliakoir-Nabinagar Road at Kabirpur, Savar on Friday night.

Two of the dead were identified as Sheikh Ali, 28, son of Alim Sheikh of Faridpur and Abdul Barek, 27, son of Joynal of Sirajganj district.

Police and eyewitnesses said the accident occurred at about 7 PM when a maxi cab (Laguna Paribahan) fell into a roadside ditch after a head-on collision with a Dhaka-bound bus from Rangpur.

Two passengers of the maxi-cab died on the spot and 17 others were injured critically.

The injured were rushed to a local clinic where four of them succumbed to their wounds. Several cases were field in respective police stations.