The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

At least nine people were killed and 36 others seriously injured in separate road accidents in different districts on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Four people were killed and 32 others injured in a road crash at Atadia under Bhanga poura area in Faridpur district yesterday morning. The deceased were identified as Jesmin, 22, of Bagerhat district and Abdul Gafur, 34, of Patia upazila of Chittagong district while the identity of the two others could not be known immediately.

Police and local people said a Bagerhat-bound bus of Ekota Paribahan from Chittagong skidded off the road and plunged into a nearby water-filled ditch at about 7:15am leaving two passengers dead on the spot and injuring 34 others.

Local people rescued the passengers of the bus that went under 10-ft water in the ditch.

Later, two bodies were recovered from inside the bus after it was salvaged.

The injured were admitted to Bhanga Upazila Health Complex where condition of eight was stated to be critical.

In another incident, an unidentified young man died instantly when a bus ran over him at Shahjanpur area in Dhaka city yesterday.

Two pedestrians were killed in separate road accidents in Bogra district town on Tuesday.

Police and local people said a microbus knocked down Nazrul, 39, son of Shahidul Islam of Naruri area of the district town, in Godarpara Charmatha area on Tuesday morning and killed him on the spot.

A schoolgirl was killed on the spot when a truck ran over her at a bus terminal in Satkhira district on Tuesday morning.

The deceased was identified as Mamtaj Parvin, 14, daughter of Mujibar Rahman of Patarakhola village in Shyamnagar upazila and a student of class IX of Patarakhola Girls' High School.

A three-wheeler 'Nasimon' turned turtle at Rupdia on Kotchandpur-Jamalpur road in Kotchandpur upazila in Jhenidah district on Tuesday at about 10am and killing its driver Salauddin, 40, on the spot and injuring four passengers. The injured were admitted to local hospital.