Two people have been killed and five others injured as a bus ploughed into the back of two other parked buses in Dhaka’s Ashulia.
Ashulia Police Station ASI Mohammad Rahat said the incident took place in front of Kabirpur Betar Centre on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway around 5am on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Jahangir Alam, 32, the driver of Ahad Paribahan bus and Abdul Jalil, 33, its owner.
Salna Highway Police Inspector Md Mujibur Rahman said an Ahad Paribahan bus from North Bengal broke down in the Kabirpur area early on Thursday morning.
The bus staff were working to have the indisposed vehicle towed by another Ahad Paribahan bus when a speeding SR Plus Paribahan bus rammed into it from behind.
Jahangir and Jalil died on the spot after being pinned between the two Ahad Paribahan vehicles.
Senior Station Officer of DEPZ fire service Jahangir Alam said five people were rescued from the scene and sent to hospital.