Five people were killed in separate road accidents in Gaibandha and Jessore on Saturday.

Gaibandha: Three people were killed and 12 others injured as a bus hit a stationary human hauler at Polashbari South Bus stand in Gobindaganj upazila headquarters on Saturday morning.

The deceased are Khoshru, 56, Zakirul 25, Raju,27, all labourers hailing from Gobindaganj upazila in the district.

Officer-in-charge of Gobindaganj Highway Police Abul Bashar said a Bogra- bound bus hit the stationary human hauler around 9:30 am, leaving three day labourers, who were working beside the human hauler, dead on the spot and 12 passengers of the vehicle injured.

The injured were taken to Polashbari Upazila Health Complex.

In Jessore: Two schoolgirls were killed in a road accident at Bagachra market in Sharsha upazila on Saturday morning.

The deceased are Roja, 11, daughter of Alamgir Hossain of Bairi village and Zerin, 11, daughter of Ibrahim Hossain of Bairi village in the upazila. Both were class-VI students of Bagachra Girls' High School.

The accident took place when a sand-laden truck hit a motorcycle carrying the two girls at Bagachra bazar around 8:00am, leaving the two dead on the spot and Alamgir injured, said Humayun Kabir, officer-in-charge of Bagachra Police outpost.

Alamgir Hossain, a lecturer of Bagachra College, was going to drop his daughter and niece to their school, the OC added.

The injured was admitted to a local clinic in critical condition.