Three people were killed and at least 30 others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopalganj on Thursday night.
The identities of the casualties could not be known yet.
According to police, the accident took place when a Boleshwar Paribahan bus, en route to Chattogram from Mongla, collided with a speeding truck coming from the opposite direction in Fukra area of Kashiani upazila around 9pm.
The accident left the trucker and two others killed on the spot and 30 injured.
Among the injured, 18 were admitted to the 250-bed Gopalganj General Hospital while others received treatment at Kashiani Upazila Health Complex.
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Officer-in-Charge of Kashiani police station Khandaker Hafizur Rahman said the accident caused a two-hour traffic standstill on the busy highway, with fire service teams and locals working to clear the road and restore movement.
To manage the extra pressure of the patients, additional medical staff were deployed at the Gopalganj General Hospital, he added.