Two people were killed and 10 others injured when a speedy bus and a three-wheeler collided head on in Sreebardi upazila of Sherpur district early Wednesday.
The deceased were helper of three-wheeler Hamidullah, 26, son of late Mofiz Uddin of Boro poragor village under the Sreebardi upazila, and bus passenger Golam Faruk, 50, son of Abdul Barek of nearby Jamalpur’s Bakshiganj upazila.
Sreebardi police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kaium Khan Siddique said a bus of ‘Ma Moni Paribahan’ crashed into the three-wheeler coming from the opposite direction on Bhayadanga-Kurua road around 5am.
The three-wheeler plunged into a roadside ditch and the bus ploughed through a nearby house, the OC said.
During the accident helper dead on the spot and 11 others injured. Later, the injured were taken to Sherpur Sadar hospital where Faruk succumbed to his injuries and the rest were undergoing treatment, he said.
Police said that the bus was seized but its driver managed to flee.
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