MYMENSINGH, April 9, 2024 (BSS) - Eight people including three members of a family were killed in separate road accidents in the district today.
 
The deceased were identified Lutfor Rahman,30, Shahanaj,25,Mahit,4, Maruf,18, Appel Mia,30, Nasima,35 and Abul Bashar,60.

Officer-in-charge of Kotwali Model Thana Mainuddin said the first accident occurred at 12 noon when a passenger bus hit another vehicle 'Mahindra' on Muktagacha road in Mymensingh leaving three people of a family dead.

Meanwhile, two people died on the spot when a passenger pickup van taking a U-turn was hit by a bus coming from the opposite direction in front of a CNG pump in the Darirampur area of Trishal on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway.

In another accident in the afternoon, two people were killed in a road accident on Treshal-Nandail road as a bus hit an auto-rickshaw.

On the other hand, a man was died after being hit by a bus in Tarakanda Upazila in the morning, said Wazed Ali, officer-in-charge of Tarakanda Upazila. The deceased was identified as Abul Bashar.