Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a private car and a passenger bus in Pantapara area of Bogura- Rangpur- Highway under Gobindaganj upazila of the district recently.
Eyewitnesses said the accident took place when a Rangpur-bound private car bearing number Dhaka Metro Kha12-3086 collided head on with a passenger bus named Palashbari Express bearing number Dhaka Metro Ba 15-5274 in the area at around 6.10 am. Two men inside the private car including its driver were killed on the spot.
Being informed, fire fighters of Gobindaganj Fire Service and Civil Defense Station rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies from the car. The bodies were later handed over to Gobindaganj highway thana police.
The deceased were identified as driver Mizan, 35, son of Haque Miah, at Dania 5 Smriti dhara of Shyampur Dhaka and Abul Bashar, 60, of Khilkhet area in the capital.
Another report adds from Sirajganj: Four people, including a minor boy, were killed and two others wounded as a truck collided head on with a pickup van at Salanga under Ullapara upazila here recently.
The deceased are Sujon, 32, son of Habibur Rahman of Fulbari village under Gaibandha sadar thana, Rabbi, 26, son of Sabur Hossain of Hasilkandi village under Saghata thana in Gaibandha, Rana, 30, son of Sohrab of Parabaria village under Bagatipara thana in Natore and Ayan, 4, son of Shariful of the same village.
The accident took place around 7am on the Hatikumrul-Banpara highway in the Pukurpar area under Ramkrishnapur union of Salanga thana.
Hatikumrul Highway Thana officer-in-charge Badrul Kabir said a mango-laden truck coming from Rajshahi towards Hatikumrul collided head on with a Banpara-bound cattle-laden pickup van in the Pukurpar area, leaving the four dead on the spot.
Three cows also died in the accident, he said.
