At least eight people were killed and thirteen others injured in three separate road accidents in Noakhali, Munshiganj, and Gazipur districts on Saturday. The identities of the deceased could not be ascertained yet, according to a private television channel. In Gazipur, two construction workers were killed and 11 others injured in a road accident involving a truck and a pickup truck in Sreepur upazila. A pickup truck was headed from Sreepur to Mawna on Ansar Road carrying a mixer machine and 13 construction workers, said Belal Ahmed, an officer at the Sreepur Fire Service Station. The 12 other workers were rescued and taken to Sreepur Upazila Health Complex, where the doctor on duty declared Sufian dead.
