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SYLHET Sept 2: Five people, including three college students, were killed in separate road crashes in the city and Balaganj upazila on Tuesday, reports UNB.
The three students were killed as a bus rammed into their motorcycle in the city''s Tilagarh area at night.
The deceased were identified as Alek Hossain Chowdhury, 25, son of Ali Hossain, of Habiganj district, Ali Reza, 25, resident of Narsingtila in the city and Soikat, hailed Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district.
They were the students of Sylhet Govt MC College.
Police said the accident took place when the city-bound speedy truck hit the motorcycle from behind at about 11:30 pm, leaving them dead on the spot.
On information, police rushed in and sent the bodies to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital for autopsy this (Wednesday) morning.
In another accident, two people were killed as a truck plunged into a roadside ditch at Kurua in Balaganj upazila on Tuesday morning.
The victims were identified as the truck driver M Taher, 25, son of Mukta Miah, of Taraganj village in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria district and its helper Kalam Uddin, 24, son of Abdul Munaf, hailed from Khoygarh village in Jointapur upazila of Sylhet district.
Witnesses said the accident took place on Sylhet-Dhaka highway when the speedy truck fell into the pond as its driver lost control over the steering at about 6am, leaving them dead on the spot.
On information, highway police rushed to the spot and sent the bodies to the same hospital morgue for autopsy.
Two separate cases were filed.
In Rajshahi: Two people were killed and 15 others injured when a BRTC bus hit a truck at Muraripur in Paba upazila on Wednesday.
The dead were identified as Matiur Rahman, 35, of Tanor and Jahangir Hossain of Godagari.
Police said the driver of the Rajshahi-bound bus from Naogaon tried to save a tempo and hit the truck parked on the roadside at about 12:15pm, killing bus passenger Matiur on the spot and injuring 16 other.
The injured were admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital where Jahangir succumbed to his wounds.
A case has been filed with respective police station.
In Thakurgaon: A rice trader was run over by the private car of former Awami League lawmaker Imdadul Haq at Mitrobati crossing in Pirganj upazila Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Wazed Ali, 30, of Mitrobati village.
Police and witnesses said the car knocked down Wazed and then ran over on Pirganj-Bochaganj road at about 5am.
Outraged by the accident, local people barricaded the road for five hours, disrupting traffic for four hours.

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