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At least five people have been killed and 11 others injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Gopalganj, and Gazipur districts.
In Dhaka, two people were killed in separate road accidents in the city’s Hatirjheel and Kakrail areas on Wednesday night.
The victims were identified as Jasidul Mia Zahid, 24, and Mokhlesur Rahman, 75, according to local media reports.
Zahid was critically injured when a speeding car rammed his two-wheeler in Hatirjheel's Kunipara area on Wednesday night.
He and his friend Sourabh, 25, were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where a doctor declared Zahid dead, according to Inspector Bachchu Mia of the hospital's police outpost.
Sourabh is currently undergoing treatment at the DMCH, said the Inspector.
Meanwhile, pedestrian Mokhlesur, a Supreme Court advocate, died after being hit from behind by a Victor Classic Paribahan bus at the Kakrail intersection.
He was initially taken to Kakrail Islami Bank Hospital before being transferred to the DMCH, where the doctor declared him dead, his son Shams Ibne Rahman said.
Sub-Inspector Safiz Uddin of Paltan Police Station said that the errant bus has been impounded and the driver has also been arrested.
Mokhlesur's body was handed over to his family without an autopsy at their request.
In Gopalganj, two people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Sadar upazila of the district around 2:00 am on Thursday.
One of the dead was identified as Mizan, 25. The other victim is a woman in her mid-thirties. \
Among the injured, five are in critical condition, according to Hashem Majumder, chief of Bhatiapara Highway Police Station.
The Tungipara Express bus was headed to Satkhira from Dhaka when it collided with a truck travelling in the opposite direction, said Hashem.
The bus was left in a crumpled heap on a roadside ditch following the collision.
Mizan and the woman died on the spot, while the injured were taken to Gopalganj General Hospital.
In another accident, a man was killed after he lost control of his car and drove into a ditch in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur district on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Mafizur Rahman Mafiz Mondal, 65, of Mauna Union of the upazila.
The accident took place on Mauna-Phulbaria regional road around 8:00 am, said Sub-Inspector Md Dawud, Sub-Inspector and duty officer of Mauna Highway Police Station.
The SI said that Mondal lost control of his car and fell into a ditch on his way to Dhaka amid thick fog.