Shawdesh desk:

At least four people were killed and 25 others were injured in road accidents in Barishal and Manikganj.

In Barishal, two people were killed as a private car hit a three-wheeler on Dhaka-Barishal highway in Kashimpur area of the city on Saturday morning.

The deceased were identified as Hashem, 40, son of Mizan Jomaddar of Kashimpur, and Saleha Begum, 55, wife of Abdur Rob Hawlader of airport police station area.

Zahid Bin Alam, officer-in-charge of airport police station, said that the car rammed the battery-run three-wheeler near Kashimpur Bazar at about 9:00am, leaving Abdur and Saleha severely injured.

Local people took them to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital where doctors declared them dead, the OC added.

In Manikganj, a couple was killed and 25 others injured in a road accident on Friday.

The deceased were identified as Gonesh Shonnayashi and his wife Kolpona Shonnayashi.

Highway police and fire service officials said that Gonesh and his wife, residents of Shibalaya upazila, died when an Aricha-bound bus from Manikganj fell into a roadside ditch in Tora area of Ghior upazila on Dhaka-Manikganj highway around 6:00pm.

Arifur Rahman, sub-inspector of Borongol Highway police outpost, said that the police and fire service conducted the rescue operation with the help of local people.

The injured were taken to Manikganj district hospital while the couple died from their injuries on the way.