Five killed, including two women, in road crashes in Dhaka and Narayanganj in 30 hours

Five people, including two women, have been killed in separate road accidents in the capital Dhaka and the neighbouring district of Narayanganj over the past 30 hours. Another person was injured in the crashes, which took place in Dhaka's Uttara, Gabtoli and Mohammadpur areas and in Narayanganj's Siddhirganj.

Early on Thursday, a man named Shafikul Islam, 55, was killed in a road accident in the Azampur area of Uttara. He had arrived in Azampur by bus from outside Dhaka with family members. While crossing the road, he was hit by a vehicle and seriously injured. Relatives first took him to a hospital and later to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), where doctors declared him dead.

On Thursday morning in Siddhirganj, Narayanganj, a worker named Abul Hossain, 27, was killed after being hit by a speeding car. He was taken to the emergency department of DMCH in critical condition, where doctors declared him dead.

Abul Hossain worked at a garment factory in the Adamjee EPZ in Siddhirganj. He was on his way to his workplace when the accident occurred.

Inspector Habibur Rahman, in charge of the DMCH police camp, said doctors declared the two men dead at separate times after they were brought to the hospital with serious injuries from the accidents in Uttara and Siddhirganj. He said the police stations concerned had been informed of the two deaths.

Earlier, at around 10am on Wednesday, two women were killed after being hit by a bus in Gabtoli in the capital. The elder sister of one of the dead women was injured in the incident.

Shahidullah Kaysar, a sub-inspector of Darus Salam police station under the DMP's Mirpur division, said a Chandni Paribahan bus travelling from Bogura to Dhaka hit three women as they were crossing the road in the Gabtoli area. Delora Begum, 63, and Kajol Begum, 45, died on the spot. Delora's elder sister Manoara Begum, 65, is being treated in hospital.

The police officer said Delora and Manoara were sisters. They previously lived in Pallabi and now live in Savar. On Wednesday they went to their daughter's son-in-law's shop in Pallabi and were crossing the road holding hands on their way to their daughter's home. Kajol Begum stood beside them, and the Chandni Paribahan bus hit them as they crossed together.

He added that Kajol Begum was a resident of the area and a housewife, and had no acquaintance with the two sisters; she had simply stood next to them to cross the road at the same time. The bodies of the two women killed in the incident were handed over without post-mortem examinations following applications from their relatives.

Separately, on Wednesday afternoon, a man named Rakib Mir was killed after being hit by a mixer vehicle used in construction work in front of ULAB University in Mohammadpur. Mohammadpur police sub-inspector Sohel confirmed the information. He said the body was handed over to relatives after a post-mortem at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital morgue.