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At least three people were killed and two others injured in two separate road accidents in Purbachal and Jatrabari area in Dhaka on Friday.
Two of the deceased were identified Saojib Hossain, 35, and Md Roman, 30, while the other victim could not be identified immediately, reports bdnews24.com.
Motorcycle rider Sojib and the unidentified man died when a truck rammed the vehicle in the Mastul area of the 300 Feet Road around 3:45 am on Friday.
Another man, 35-year-old Din Islam, suffered injuries in the incident, according to the police.
The three were heading into the city on a motorcycle when a truck crashed head-on into the two-wheeler in the 300 Feet Road area.
The unidentified man died on the spot while Sojib and Din were seriously injured in the incident, Khilkhet Police Station Sub-Inspector Md Hafizur Rahman said.
The law enforcers took the injured pair to Kurmitola General Hospital but were subsequently transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Sojib succumbed to his injuries around 7:00 am. Din is currently receiving treatment at the hospital, according to Hafizur.
Sojib was a resident of Nawab Katara in Old Dhaka's Bongshal, while Din was from Keraniganj’s Zinzira.
Efforts are underway to identify the other man who died in the accident, the police officer added.
Meanwhile, Roman died after being run over by a police car in Jartabari’s Bhanga Press area.
Roman and Marium, 25, were taken to the hospital after they suffered injuries in the incident that occurred on the expressway near a livestock warehouse around 10:30 pm on Thursday.
Roman died around 2:30 am while undergoing treatment at the hospital, said Inspector Md Bachchu Mia of the DMCH Police Outpost.
He was a native of Bhola’s Sadar Upazila and lived in Jatrabari’s Matuail Nimtoli area, where he worked at a carton manufacturing factory.
The two were crossing the road through a gap left in the road divider on the expressway in Demra when a car operated by the police’s Public Order Management (POM) division ran over them, Jatrabari Police Station Sub-Inspector Mizanur Rahman said.