Shawdesh Desk:

At least three people were killed and 10 others were injured in road accidents in Barishal and Tangail on Tuesday.

In Barishal, at least two passengers of a three-wheeler were killed and five others were injured when it collided with a BRTC double-decker in C and B Road area of the town in the afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Nipa Mistri, 26, and Abdul Khalek, 65.

The injured, admitted to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, were identified as Illias,  Shakil, Ridoy, Rajib and Faisal, aged in between 20 and 30years, said Nazmul Huda, sub-inspector of SBMCH police camp.

The bus was seized while the driver managed to escape, the police officer said.

In Tangail, a man was killed and five others sustained injuries in a road accident in Handhuli Para area on Tangail-Basail-Sokhipur Road around 10:00am.

The deceased was Rafiqul Islam, 40, son of Harun-or-Rashid of village Berbari of Sokhipur upazila.

Tuhin Ali, officer-in-charge of Basail police station, said that the accident took place when a Tangail-bound CNG-run auto rickshaw collided head on with a lorry, leaving Rafiqul dead on the spot and five others injured.

The injured were admitted to Tangail General Hospital and Basail Upazila Health Complex.

‘After the accident, the lorry driver managed to escape along with the vehicle,’ the OC added.