Four killed in road accidents while returning from Eid shopping

Four people were killed in two separate road accidents in the capital’s Tejgaon and Science Lab areas on Friday night while returning home after Eid shopping.
According to police, Saju Akter Suman, 47, an office assistant at the Public Works Department, and his daughter Sumaiya Akter, 20, a student of a private university, were returning home around 11pm on a motorcycle after Eid shopping.
When they reached the Science Lab intersection, a truck hit the motorcycle, throwing both onto the road and leaving Saju dead on the spot. Sumaiya was rescued and taken to DMCH, where doctors declared her dead.
Saju along with his family lived in the South Shahjahanpur area.
Confirming the incident, New Market Police Station Sub-Inspector Mahmudul Hasan said police recovered the bodies and sent them to the hospital morgue for autopsy.
He said the truck and its driver had been taken into custody and legal action was underway.
Meanwhile, in another accident, two people were killed after a CNG-run autorickshaw lost control and hit a traffic island in the Tejgaon Industrial Area around 10.30pm.
Police said the accident occurred when Harun Or Rashid Sani, 32, along with his wife Brishti Akter, 25, and sister Happy Akter, 22, was returning home after Eid shopping.
The autorickshaw hit a road island at a U-turn near the Channel i office area, leaving the driver and passengers seriously injured.
Locals rushed them to the emergency department of DMCH, where doctors declared the driver and Harun dead.
Harun’s wife and sister were injured in the accident and are now undergoing treatment at the emergency department, police said.
Inspector Md Faruk, in-charge of the DMCH police outpost, confirmed the incident and said the bodies were kept at the emergency department morgue.
Harun was the son of Habibur Rahman from the Dash Kahaniya area under Katiadi upazila in Kishoreganj. He lived with his family in Mohakhali. The autorickshaw driver, Alim, lived in Middle Badda.