Thirteen people died in 2 separate road accidents in Bangladesh

At least 13 people were killed and 10 others injured in two separate road mishaps in Manikganj and Tangail districts, police said.

In Manikganj, seven people, including six members of a family, were killed when a bus collided head-on with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Daulatpur's Mulakandi.

The deceased were identified as Harekrishna Baddokar, 60, Khushi Baddokar, 50,

Gobinda Baddokar, 30, Babita Baddokar, 26, Radhe Baddokar, 5, Ramprasad Baddokar, 30, auto-rickshaw driver Jamal Sheikh, 32.

Daulatpur Police Station officer-in-charge Rezaul Karim said the victims were going to Manikganj in auto-rickshaw. The accident occured when the bus hit their auto-rickshaw at 2:45 pm, killing seven people on the spot.

Police seized the bus, but its driver and his assistant managed to flee.

In a separate incident, six people were killed and 10 others injured in a road crash on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in Tangail's Mirzapur.

A Dhaka-bound bus of Sheba Classic Paribahan was parked beside the road when a speeding Dhaka-bound vegetables-laden truck struck the bus from behind, Mirzapur's Kurni, Gorai highway police station officer-in-charge Md Mozaffar Hossain said.

Both the accidents occurred on Friday.