Dhaka: A total of 12 people were killed and around 20 others injured in road accidents in Comilla, Gaibandha, Satkhira, Munshiganj, Chandpur, Rangpur and Habiganj districts on Saturday.

In Comilla, three people, including a woman and her son, were killed as a private car carrying them plunged into a ditch beside Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Daudkandi upazila in the afternoon.

The deceased were Selina Akhter, 28, wife of Mafiz Miah of East Pennai village of the upazila, her son Nijam Uddin,4, and her sister Nasrin Akhter, 35, also wife of Rakib Uddin of Raipur village in the upazila.

Daudkandi Police Station Officer-in-charge Abdul Awal said the Comilla-bound car from Dhaka skidded off the road and plunged into the ditch at about 2:30pm after its driver lost control over the steering, leaving the three car passengers dead on the spot.       

In Gaibandha, two people were killed and two others injured as a private car collided with roadside trees when its driver lost control over the steering in Bagda Farm area of Gobindaganj upazila in the morning.

The deceased were Abdur Rahman and Ahsan Habib.

The Dinajpur-bound private car, carrying four people, collided with roadside trees after its driver lost control over the steering in the area at about 6:00am, leaving the duo dead on the spot, said officer-in-charge of Gobindaganj Police Station Subroto Kumar.

In Satkhira, a young man and a minor girl were killed and two others injured as a mini truck hit a van carrying them on Satkhira-Khulna highway in Mirzapur Swashanghat area of Patkelghata upazila in the morning.

Mohibul Islam, officer-in-charge of Patkelghata Police Station, said the accident took place as the mini truck hit the van on the highway around 11am, leaving Ishrafil Sheikh, 28, and Jui, 7, of Tala upazila dead on the spot.

In Munshiganj, two people were killed and 10 others injured as a bus collided with another bus on Dhaka-Mawa Highway at Keowatkhali in Shreenagar upazila at about 2:15pm, said officer-in-charge of Hasara police camp Golam Morshed.

The deceased could not be identified yet.

The injured were admitted to local hospitals and Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

In Chandpur, Halima Begum, 48, of Poshondapurchar village in Sadar Upazila, was killed and five other people sustained injuries as a speeding truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Chandpur-Comilla Road in the district town at about 7:00am, said officer-in-charge of Sadar Model Police Station.

In Rangpur, motorcyclist Faruk Hossain, 38, of village Latibpur was killed after a Dhaka-bound truck from Rangpur hit his motorbike at Gorermatha point on the Rangpur-Dhaka highway under Mithapukur upazila in Rangpur. 

Officer-in-Charge of Mithapukur Thana Humayun Kabir confirmed it. A case was filed in this connection, he added.

In Habiganj, a man was killed as a battery-run Tomtom overturned in Bus Terminal area in the town today.

The deceased was Shaed Ali, 40, hailed from the village Makrompur of Baniachong Upazila.

Local said the accident took place in morning when Shaed Ali was returning home boarded on the Totom from Pikepara Bazar. The Tomtom overturned in the area. Ali fell down the vehicle. 

Local rescued him and sent to Adunik Sadar Hospital of Habiganj where he died under treatment at about 10:00am.