Six people were killed and six others injured in separate road accidents on the Cumilla section of the Dhaka–Chattogram Highway on Wednesday. The incidents occurred between 6 a.m. and noon in Daudkandi’s Chandina, Nimsa, and Chauddagram areas. According to highway police sources, an unidentified bus hit a CNG-run autorickshaw at Daudkandi’s Baropara, killing Abdul Barek, 53, and Mostafa, 52, both residents of Sarkarpur village in Daudkandi.

In another accident near Nimsa Bazar in Burichang, three people were killed on the Dhaka-bound lane. They were identified as Jahirul Islam, 27, from Lalpur village in Begumganj; Sohel Rana, 35, from Keshabpur village in Meherpur Sadar; and Taim, a ninth-grade student of Bara Gobindapur High School in Chandina. In Chauddagram, one more person died after being hit by a bus, though the victim’s identity was not immediately known.

Highway police officials confirmed the fatalities and said investigations were underway to identify the vehicles involved and determine the causes of the accidents.