Nine people were killed and around 50 others injured in a head-on collision between two busses on the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Taraganj upazila of Rangpur early Monday, said police.
Seven of the deceased were identified as Oliul Islam Jewel, 22, Nayan Ali, 30, Anisur Rahaman, 48, Mohsin Alam Sagar, 42, Anowar Hossain, 35, Sadq Ali, 48, and Dhanonjoy Roy. The rest are yet to be identified.
The accident occurred around 12:30 am when the Dhaka-bound bus of ‘Islam Paribahan’ crashed into a bus of ‘Joyana Paribahan’ coming from the 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 was stated to be critical, he added.
