Al least five people including a minor girl were killed in separate road crashes in Natore, Khagrachhari and Netrakona districts on Wednesday, reports the UNB.

In Khagrachhari, pedestrian Mahmudul Haque, 70, was killed while three others injured in a road crash in Zero Mile area of the district town around 8 am.

Police said the accident took place when a passenger bus collided with a goods-laden pick-up van and covered van coming from opposite direction, leaving four including Mahmudul injured.

They injured were taken to Sadar Hospital where doctors declared Mahmudul dead.

In Natore, a minor child and an unidentified truck driver were killed in separate road crashes.

Sabiha, 7, daughter of Bayezid Hossain, died on the spot as a tractor ran over her in Lalor area of Singra upazila on Tuesday night, said Monirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Singra Police Station.

Sub-inspector Mozammel Haque, in-charge of Jholmolia Highway Police, said the truck driver was killed following a head on collision between two trucks in Harishpur Bypass area of the district town around 2 am.

In Netrakona, two people were killed while three others injured in a head on collision between a truck and an auto-rickshaw at Shuknaguri area in Durgapur upazila.

The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw river Lal Chan Kha, 35, of Laxmipur and Md Azizul Mia of Lathunia village in Purbadhala upazila.

The accident took place around 12:15 pm when a sand-laden truck collided head on with the auto-rickshaw, leaving the duo dead on the spot.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to Netrakona Modern Hospital for autopsies, the OC added.