Five people, including a couple, were killed in three separate road accidents in Satkania upazila and in Chittagong on Friday morning.

In Satkania, a passenger bus of ‘Challenger Paribahan’ overturned in Nayakhaler Mukh area after the driver lost control over the steering at 10:00am, leaving Gias Uddin, 28, a resident of Satkania municipality, and his wife Nur Nahar Akter Nuri, 23, dead on the spot and nine passengers injured, reports the UNB.

The injured were taken to local hospital while one of them Azizul Islam, 55, a resident of Banglabazar area in the upazila, succumbed to his injures on the way, said officer-in-charge of Dohazari Highway Police Station Mizanur Rahman.

Earlier in the day, two young men — M Sohel, 32, son of Nurul Absar, hailing from Purba Rahadabad area in Fatikchhari upazila, and M Bashir, son of Abu Taher of Bhola sadar upazila, were killed in two separate road accidents at Aturar Dipu and Hamjarbagh areas respectively in the city.

Both the bodies were taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital morgue, said sub-inspector Jahirul Islam, in-charge of hospital police camp.