Three people were killed and 10 others injured in a collision among two buses and a pick-up van on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Narsingdi’s Rapura upazila onTuesday morning, reports UNB.
The deceased were identified as Sananda Das, 55, Md Renu Mia,66, Md Kamal Mia,55, from Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria, said Mozammel Haque, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bhairab highway police station.
The injured included pickup van driver Abdul Jalil, 55, his assistant Md Mahmud Ali,33, passengers of the van Sudhangshu Das, 45, Sabuj Mia, 33, Keshab Das, 25 and some passengers of the buses . They are currently under treatment at different local hospitals, he said.
A Bhairab-bound bus first hit a stationary BRTC bus around 4 am after its tier got punctured and both the buses dashed into a Narsingdi-bound fish carrying pickup van, leaving two people dead on spot.
The drivers of the buses remained absconding while the vehicles were seized, he added.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
