3 dead as bus going on the wrong side collides with trucks in Sirajganj
At least three people were dead and five were injured after a bus collided head-on with two trucks on Hatikumrul-Bonpara highway in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj this noon (July 16, 2022).
Identities of the victims, aged between 40 and 45, could not be known yet, our Pabna correspondent reports quoting police.
Md Lutfor Rahman, officer-in-charge of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station, said the accident took place in Khalkula area on the highway around 1pm when a Dhaka-bound bus – using the wrong side of the road – collided with the two trucks coming from opposite direction.
The accident left three bus passengers dead on the spot and five others injured, said the OC.
Police rushed to the spot immediately and recovered the victims from the spot, the OC said.
Due to the accident, vehicle movement on Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway was halted for an hour, the OC added.
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