5 killed, 28 injured in road accidents nationwide

At least five people were killed and 28 injured in separate road accidents in Feni, Narayanganj, Patuakhali, Jhenaidah and Jashore on Friday.
Three people died and another was seriously injured when a speeding bus hit a covered van on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Feni's Chhagalnaiya at 7am, near Daulatpur government primary school at Muhuriganj. 
The dead were the van's driver and helper and the unique bus driver; their identities were unknown. Rashed Khan Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Fazilpur highway police station, said the broken-down van was being towed with a rope when the bus struck it from behind. 
In Narayanganj's Rupganj, day labourer Monir Hossain, 65, was run over and killed by a covered van around 11am while crossing the road at Rupsi Balurghat. Sub-inspector Partha of Rupganj Police Station said the van was seized and driver Yakub Hossain arrested.
In Patuakhali, six people were injured when an Iconic paribahan sleeper bus travelling from Dhaka to Kuakata fell into a ditch in Kalapara around 7am. Fire Service personnel freed trapped passengers; no deaths were reported.
In Jhenaidah's Kaliganj, 20 passengers were injured when a Garai paribahan bus from Kushtia to Khulna overturned after its front axle broke, around 10:30am. Four to five seriously injured passengers remained under treatment.
In Jashore's Keshabpur, Rokeya Begum, 45, was run over and killed by a Star Deluxe bus around 6am while walking after Fajr prayers. The driverless bus then careered into a madrasa and orphanage, injuring its assistant; the driver fled the scene.