Three people were killed and eight others were injured after a pickup van crashed into a BRTC bus in Dinajpur’s Doshmile area.
The accident occurred today around 6 pm in front of the Darbarpur Jame Masjid on the Dinajpur-Rangpur highway, UNB’s Dinajpur correspondent reports.
The deceased were identified as Mostakim Ahmed (27), Sohanur Rahman Sohan (26) and pickup driver Foyzar Uddin (40) of Dinajpur’s Chirirbandar upazila. They were all passengers of the van.
The injured were rescued by the locals and sent to Dinajpur’s M Abdur Rahim Medical College and other hospitals. Most of them were sent home after primary treatment. The pickup fell on the side of the road after the crash.
Contacted, Golam Maola, inspector of Dinajpur Kotwali Police Station, said the Thakurgaon-bound BRTC bus crashed with the speeding pickup van coming from the opposite side of the highway.