Four killed in road crashes

At least four people were killed and five others injured in two road accidents in Gazipur city yesterday.

In the first incident, two persons died after the bike they were on hit a road divider in the Samarsingh area around 3:00pm. The deceased are Shanto, 15, and Likhon, 21.

Earlier in the morning, two people were killed and at least five others were injured in a head-on collision between a pickup van and an auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka–Mymensingh highway in front of Utah Garments.

One of the deceased is Emdadul Haque, 55, said Gazipur Sadar Police Station officer-in-charge Mehedi Hasan.

The injured were taken to a Gazipur hospital.