At least eight people were killed and 10 others injured in separate road accidents in Madhukhali and Bhanga upazilas of Faridpur on Sunday.
In Madhukhali upazila, six people, including a woman and a child, were killed when a truck hit a microbus on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Majhkandi.
Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The accident occurred around 9am when the truck hit the Dhaka-bound microbus from Magura, leaving two people killed on the spot and 14 others injured, said Mohamamd Russell, assistant sub-inspector of Kanaipur highway police outpost.
The injured were taken to a local hospital where doctors declared four of them dead.
Police seized the truck but the trucker managed to flee the scene.
In Bhanga upazila, two students were killed when a private car hit a motorbike at Bishwa Road in the early hours of Sunday.
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