Road crashes in Dhaka kill 3

At least three people including a minor boy were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka today.

The victims were identified as Ratul, 5, son of Monir Hossain of Gulbagh area in Dhaka, Faysal Sheikh, 32, a driver of Bahan Paribahan, and Foyaz, 45, a resident of South Jatrabari.

A pickup hit Ratul from behind, leaving him critically injured when he was playing on a road in front of their house in Gulbagh area around 4:00pm.

Locals rushed Ratul to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctor declared him dead.

A bus of Bahan Paribahan hit Faisal when he was getting down from his bus of the same Paribahan at its Khilgaon depot in Dhaka around 6:30am, his cousin Rasheda Begum told The Daily Star.

Faisal was rushed to the DMCH where doctors declared him dead.

Foyaz was killed as a passenger bus hit him when he was crossing a road in Jatrabari area around 9:30am, Oboni Shankar, officer-in-charge of Jatrabari Police Station, told the Daily Star.

Doctors declared Foyaz dead after he was taken to the DMCH.

On information, police went to the spot and seized the bus. The police also picked up the driver, the OC added.