At least four people, including a woman and a mosque imam, were killed and 23 others injured in road accidents in Madaripur, Gazipur and Chapainawabganj on Friday.
In Madaripur, a woman was killed and at least 20 others were injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Barishal highway in Rajoir upazila, reports Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.
The deceased was identified as Nilufa Yasmin Nila, 30, wife of Abul Basar of Runsi village under Bakerganj upazila in Barishal.
The police said that the accident occurred at dawn when a Dhaka-bound bus of Chandra Paribahan from Kuakata lost control after crossing the Rajoir bus stand area and fell into a roadside pond, leaving Nila dead on the spot and others injured.
Members of the Highway Police and Fire Service carried out a rescue operation.
Mostafapur Highway Police officer-in-charge Mizanur Rahman said that most of the injured suffered minor injuries and were discharged from hospital after treatment.
The body of the deceased was sent to Madaripur Sadar Hospital for post-mortem examination, he added.
In Gazipur, two people were killed and three members of a family were injured when a dump truck collided with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Tongi-Ghorashal bypass road in Kaliganj upazila in the morning, reports United News of Bangladesh.
One of the deceased was identified as Md Ali Ullah of Sukandi village in Monohardi upazila of Narsingdi, while the other could not be identified immediately.
The injured鈥擧afizur, his wife Chalma Begum, and their four-year-old son Tamim鈥攚ere admitted to Kaliganj Upazila Health Complex with serious injuries.
The police and locals said that the auto-rickshaw heading towards Narsingdi was hit head-on by the truck coming from the opposite direction in Deopara area around 9:00am.
In Chapainawabganj, a motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a bus in Nachole upazila in the afternoon, reports UNB.
Deceased Khalid Musabbir, 28, was the imam of Hatbakoil Mosque, and was son of late Abdul Malek of Maktarpur village in Nachole.
The Nachole police said that the accident occurred around 12:30pm on the Nachole-Amanura road when a bus hit his motorcycle head-on in Hamidpur area while he was on his way to lead Friday prayers.
He died on the spot.
