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8 killed in separate road accidents in Mymensingh
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, reports BSS.
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.