At least six people were killed in two separate road accidents at Shajahanpur and Dupchanchia upazilas in Bogura on Friday.
At Shajahanpur, three passengers of a CNG-run autorickshaw and its driver were killed after a bus hit the three-wheeler on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Majhira check-post area at about 5:00 am, said police and locals.
The deceased were identified as driver of CNG-run autorickshaw Shah Jamal, 34, son of Jalal Uddin of Anarpur village at Dhunot upazila in Bogura, Kalidas, 72, son of Khitish Chandra Das of Demajani village at Shajahanpur upazila in the district, Sudoy Kumar Mohosto, 40, son of Girendra Nath Mohosto of Gosaipara village at Sherpur upazila, and Md Hares, 40, son of Nadu Mandal of Sherpur town.
AKM Baniul Alam, in-charge of Sherpur Highway Police Station, confirmed the matter.
He said that a bus of Shawon Enterprise rammed the Bogura-bound auto-rickshaw from behind in front of the check post leaving three passengers dead on the spot and another injured. The injured passenger was declared dead after he was taken to a local hospital.
Police seized the bus, but the driver and helper managed to flee the scene, said the police official. He also said that the bodies were handed over to the families of the victims.
At Dupchanchia, the driver of a battery-run autorickshaw and a passenger were killed after a truck hit the autorickshaw on Bogura-Naogaon road in Tishigiri area at the upazila at about 2:30 pm.
The deceased were identified as driver Rasel, 35, son of Abdul Quader of Mor village of the upazila, and Muktar Hossain, 35, son of Fazlur Rahman of Belail village of the same upazila.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Dupchanchia Police Station Hasan Ali confirmed the matter.
He said that the truck hit auto-rickshaw from behind, leaving the duo dead on the spot. The bodies were sent to hospital for autopsy. Police seized the truck, but its drive managed to flee the spot, the OC added.
Meanwhile, a female banker was killed and two others were injured as a bus rammed into an auto-rickshaw at Adamdighi in Bogura on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Shilpi Rani, manager of Majhira branch of Grameen Bank, 40.
The injured are her husband, Dipangkar Biswas (45), also a manager of Kalai Zone branch of the same bank and the auto-rickshaw driver Zia Uddin (36) of Shibganj in the district.
They were taken to hospital in critical condition.
According to the police and local sources, the bank officer couple was on the way to their respective workplace getting on a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Monday morning. The moment the vehicle got to Shibpur Fire Service Station of Dhaka-Naogaon highway, a bus heading to Dhaka hit it hard from behind.
Shilpi Rani died on spot as the auto-rickshaw got rumpled. Two others got seriously injured.
Jalal Uddin, Officer-in-Charge of Adamdighi Police Station said, “Body of the deceased and the vehicle have been recovered. The injured were rescued and sent to hospital for treatment. Attempts are ongoing to seize the bus.”
