Three injured in accident on Bangabandhu Expressway

Published : Sunday, 23 April, 2023 at 3:51 PM Count : 546

The injured are identified as -bus helper Md Sajib, 24, and passengers Noor Uddin Ahmed and Hajera Begum, said Srinagar Fire Service and Civil Defence Station Officer Masud Dayan.

He said the injured passengers have been given primary treatment at the Srinagar Upazila Health Complex.

The accident occurred as a Shariatpur-bound BRTC passenger bus lost control near the Shologhar bus stand area of Srinagar upazila in Munshiganj and hit the guardrail head-on at around 10:30am on Sunday.

Due to the accident, vehicular movement to Mawa from Dhaka was disrupted, causing a 2.5km-long traffic jam starting from the accident spot towards the Padma Bridge toll plaza on the Mawa end.

Inspector SM Ziaul Hasan of Munshiganj traffic police, said the bus was removed from Shologhar and traffic movement is slow. They are working to ease the situation.