Six killed, 3 hurt in road accidents

Six people were killed and three others injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.
In Cumilla, five persons were killed and three others injured in two separate accidents in Daudkandi upazila on Saturday.
Three persons — two women and a child — were killed and three others injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided with a Dhaka-bound bus on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Daulatpur near Eliotganj around 7:00am.
Doli Akter, 30, died on the spot and Jahanara Begum, 60, and Jiyana, 11, were declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Dewan Koushik Ahmed, in-charge of Eliotganj Highway Police Outpost.
The injured were undergoing treatment at various hospitals, said police.
In another accident, two labourers were killed as a brick-laden tractor overturned and fell into a ditch beside Amirabad Sachar Road at Mahanando village, said police.
The incident happenedaround 10:30am while the tractor was trying to avoid a collision with a passenger bus, said Aminul Islam, in-charge of Gouripur police.
The deceased were identified as Burhanuddin, 18, from Gouripur in Daudkandi; and Md Ali Alias Sohel, 32, from Jamalpur. The two had died before they were taken to Daudkandi Upazila Health Complex, said duty doctors.
In Jamalpur, an 11-year-old boy died after a battery-run auto-rickshaw hit a roadside tree in Melandah upazila.
The accident happened at Adyarpara area around 2:30pm.
The deceased — identified as Reduan Islam, son of Sirajul Islam of Dilalerpara village — was a student of Dilalerpara Government Primary School.  Quoting the locals, Rasheduzzaman, officer-in-charge of Melandah Police Station, said Raduan was returning home on his father’s auto-rickshaw from a local market. When he reached Adyarpara, the vehicle hit the tree.