Published on 04:56 PM, January 08, 2016

2 killed as bus, truck collide at Turag

At least two people were killed as a bus and a truck collided head-on at Dhaka’s Turag on the Abdullahpur-Ashulia road this morning.

The accident happened around 11:30am when the Abdullahpur-bound bus crashed into the Ashulia-bound truck, Mahbub-e-Khuda, officer-in-charge of Turag Police Station, told The Daily Star.  

A passenger of the bus died on the spot and around 10 others were injured in the accident, the police official said.

The injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) where another passenger died around 2:00pm, the OC added.

The identities of the deceased are yet to be known.