A head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on Dinajpur-Phulbari regional road in Panchbari area under Dinajpur Sadar upazila occurred early Friday, leaving five people dead and scores injured.
Though the identities of the deceased couldn’t be ascertained immediately, the dead included the supervisor and the helper of Nabil Paribahan bus, the truck driver, a child and a passenger.
The injured are now receiving treatment at M Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital, said police.
Kotwali police station’s Officer-in-Charge Farid Hossain said the Thakurgaon-bound bus from Dhaka collided with the mango-laden truck by a refuelling station on the regional road around 6am, leaving bus supervisor Rajesh Bahadur, the unidentified helper and trucker Hasu dead on the spot and 28 others injured.
The injured were rushed to the Abdur Rahim Medical College Hospital where the child and the passenger succumbed to their injuries, the OC said.
The police station’s Sub-Inspector Hassan Mohammad Rubel informed that the front portion of the bus got shattered and the victims were rescued with the help of Fire and Civil Defence.
The vehicular movement resumed after the wrecked bus was removed from the road, he said, adding that they were trying to ascertain the identities of the deceased.
5 friends dead in Pabna
A speeding private car rammed into a roadside tree after losing control on Ishurdi-Pabna Highway in Ishurdi upazila of the district on Thursday night, killing five friends and injuring two others.
The deceased were identified as Sifat, 20, son of late Masum, Bijoy, 20, son of late Anwar Kabir, Shishir Islam, 15, son of Ilias Hossain, Jihad Hossain, 14, son of Kuddus Pramanik, and Sawon, 18, son of Waz Uddin, all hailing from Dashuria union of the upazila.
The injured Sayeed, 18, son of Japan Khandaker and Naim, 14, son of Sumon Khandaker, of the same area, are undergoing treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH).
Ishurdi police station’s Officer-in-Charge Rafiqul Islam confirmed the matter saying that all the victims including private car driver Sifat were friends and were on long drive on Thursday night.
The vehicle carrying them hit the roadside tree in front of Pabna Sugar Mill on the highway, leaving three out seven friend dead on the spot and wounded four others, he said blaming speeding for the accident.
Two of the injured were rushed to Pabna General Hospital where physicians declared them dead, he said, adding that the rest injured were shifted to the RMCH from Ishurdi upazila health complex after giving first aid.
