5 killed, 1 injured in separate road accident in Dinajpur. Daily Star Bangla

Five people were killed in 3 separate road accidents in Dinajpur. A motorcyclist was injured.

Among them, two each in Ghoraghat and Hakimpur upazilas, a total of 4 people were killed.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Ghoraghat police station Asaduzzaman Asad told The Daily Star that a wheat-laden truck was heading towards Gobindganj on Friday morning. When the truck reached the T&T intersection of the upazila, it collided head-on with another truck carrying sarbojhai going from the opposite direction to Dinajpur.

The driver and helper of the corn-laden truck were killed on the spot.

The deceased are truck driver Gholam Rabbani (45) and helper Mohammad Rezwan (34) of Mirgram Choumuhani village of Sadar Upazila, Joypurhat.

Two motorcycle-riding friends were killed after being hit by an engine-driven Nachiman carrying cows in Hakimpur.

The deceased are Dhiman Kumar Ghosh (30) of Kumarpara village of Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur and Arif Hossain (32) of Daudpur village.

A motorcyclist was killed after being hit by an engine driven Nachimon in Hakimpur.

Hakimpur Police Station Inspector (Investigation) SM Jahangir Alam said that two friends came to Hakimpur on a motorcycle. They were returning to Nawabganj via Birampur. When they reached Dangapara village around 2:30 in the afternoon, the speeding Nachiman hit the motorcycle, killing them on the spot.

Birganj Police Station Sub-Inspector (SI) Anwarul Islam said that a motorcycle rider was killed after being hit by a truck on the Dinajpur-Panchgarh highway on Thursday evening. The deceased Tamim was a resident of Birganj city.

Another person was injured in this accident. He was rescued and taken to Birganj Upazila Health Complex.

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