Six people were killed and 31 others injured in road accidents in Tangail, Faridpur, Natore and Dhaka districts on Friday.

In Tangail, two people killed and at least 15 others injured in a collision between a truck and a bus at Natiapara Dubail in Delduar upazila in the afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Alam Miah, and Rima Khatun, of Dhunat upazila in Bogra district.

Officer-in-charge of Gorai highway police station Humayun Kabir said the Dhaka-bound ‘Nabil Paribahan’ bus collided with the truck on Dhaka-Tangail highway.

Under the impact of the collision, the bus plunged into the roadside paddy field, leaving two passengers dead on the spot and 15 others injured.

The injured were admitted to Tangail Medical College Hospital and Mirzapur Kumudini Hospital.

In Naogaon, two people were killed in separate road accidents in Porsha and Manda upazilas.

The deceased were identified as Abdur Razzaque, a tractor helper and son of Erfad Ali of Kuladanga village in Porsha, and Lutfar Rahman, of Abdalpur village in Nachole upazila of Chapainawabganj district.

Police said Razzaque was run over by his tractor at Nitpur at about 1:30pm as he slipped while getting into the vehicle, leaving him injured.

He was taken to Porsha Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead.

Lutfar was killed as a truck smashed his motorcycle at Kusumba in Manda at about 12 noon. The accident also left his two co-riders injured.

In Faridpur, a bus helper was killed and at least 15 passengers were injured in a head-on collision between a goods-laden truck and a bus at the Rajbari road intersection in Sadar upazila at noon.

The deceased could not be identified yet.

Faridpur Kotwali police officer-in-charge Syed Mohsinul Haq said the Dhaka-bound truck collided head-on with the bus of ‘Kohinoor Paribahan’ on Dhaka-Khulna highway, killing the unidentified bus helper on the spot and injuring at least 15 passengers.

At Savar in Dhaka, a rickshaw-puller, Khalilur Rahman, son of Jamid Shah of Sundarpur in Joypurhat Sadar upazila, was killed as he was run over by a speedy bus at Ulail bus stand at about 1:30pm.