8 killed in road accidents

Eight people were killed and 37 others injured in separate road accidents across the country in the last two days. Our correspondent in Pabna reports: Four people were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Pabna highway at Ganghati at Ataikula in the district yesterday.The accident took place at about 5:30pm when a Pabna-bound passenger bus lost control and fell into a roadside ditch. Three of the victims were identified as Shahjahan Ali, 40, Kazi Nazrul Islam Khokon, 45, and Fauzia Khatun, 35, while the identity of the children that died on its way to the hospital could not be known. UNB adds: A man was killed and four others were injured when a jeep hit a roadside tree in Hatia on Jahazmara-Nalchira road yesterday morning. The victim was identified as Salahuddin, 30, the driver of the jeep.The injured were admitted to a local clinic.Our correspondent in Gaibandha adds: A cyclist was killed and three others were injured in a road accident at Kadamtali on Sundarganj-Gaibandha highway yesterday.The accident occurred when a speeding bus from Sundarganj hit the cycle.One Aminul Islam, 26, was crushed under the wheels of a speeding passenger bus while his fellow rider Nurun Nabi was injured.Two other pedestrians were also injured as the bus hit them while trying to flee.The injured were rushed to Gaibandha Modernised Hospital.Our correspondent in Jhenidah adds: Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident at Baidanga in Jhenidah Sadar on Tuesday night.The victims were identified as Nazir Hossain, 30, and Shamsul Huda, 28. The accident occurred at about 8:30pm when a Chittagong-bound bus hit a human hauler (Nosimon).