At least four people, including two boys, were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Chittagong and Magura yesterday.
UNB reports: A man was crushed under the wheels of a passenger bus at Sayedabad bus stand in the city yesterday.
The dead was identified as Mohammad Ratan, 40.
Police said a Gabtoli-bound bus ran over Ratan while he was crossing the road at about 8:00am, leaving him seriously injured.
Ratan was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where attending doctors declared him dead.
A case was filed with Jatrabari Police Station in this connection.
Meanwhile, Two boys were killed when a bus ran over them on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Boro Darogahat in Sitakunda upazila yesterday morning.
The dead were identified as Hridoy, 8, and his friend Ripon, 8.
Sources said a Dhaka-bound bus hit the two boys while they were crossing the road at about 9:00am, killing Ripon on the spot and injuring Hridoy critically.
Hridoy succumbed to his injuries on the way to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
The bodies were sent to the hospital morgue. A case was filed.
Our Correspondent from Magura adds: One person was killed in a road accident on Magura-Faridpur highway near Gorai bridge yesterday.
Witnesses said, the accident occurred when a speeding truck knocked a man down, leaving him dead on the spot while crossing the road at around 2:30pm yesterday.
The deceased was identified as Golam Rasul of village Char Goyeshpur in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur district.