9 killed, 50 injured as buses collide in Rangpur

Nine people were killed and around 50 others injured in a head-on collision between two busses on Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Taraganj of Rangpur early Monday, said police.

The identities of the deceased couldn't be ascertained immediately.

The accident occurred around 12:30am when the Dhaka-bound bus of 'Islam Paribahan' crashed into a bus of 'Joyana Paribahan' coming from opposite direction amid heavy showers near Kharubhaj Bridge in Ikorchali Hajipara area, said Mahbub Morshed, officer-in-charge (OC) of Taraganj highway police.

The accident left five people dead on the spot, he added.

Fire Service men rescued the injured victims and rushed them to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital where four more people succumbed to their injuries, said the hospital's emergency unit physician Md Farhaduzzaman.

Besides, the condition of two other injured people was stated to be critical, he added.