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Two unidentified women and a truck driver were killed, and nine others were injured in separate road accidents in Munshiganj and Natore districts, respectively on Monday morning, said the authorities.
The truck driver Hossain was a resident of Jhenaidah's Kaliganj upazila.
Md Safiur Islam, deputy director at Munshiganj Fire Station, said a speeding private car rammed into a covered van from behind after losing control on Dhaka-bound lane on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway in Kuchiamor area of Sirajdikhan upazila of the district early in the morning, as per a UNB report.
The accident left an unidentified woman in the car killed and five others injured, he said.
The vehicular movement resumed after both the vehicles were removed from the expressway, the fire service official said, suspecting that dense fog caused the accident.
In a separate incident, a truck driver was killed and four others were injured in a road accident involving six trucks amid the dense fog in Naopara Jute Mill area under Natore Sadar upazila around 5 am, said Firoz Hossain, in-charge of Paba highway police station.
The injured were rushed to Sadar General Hospital, he said.
On the other hand, the unidentified woman was killed when a speeding truck ran over her in Chandpur area of the Sadar upazila, he added.