Three people were killed and several injured as a bus hit a trolley on Dhaka-Kuakata highway in Bakerganj upazila of Barishal on Monday, said police. The deceased were identified as trolley driver Zohirul Talukdar, 25, his helpers-Rakib, 23, and Bayezid, 25. The accident occurred around 10:30 am when the Barishal-bound bus of ‘Humayra Paribhahan’ crashed into the trolley on the highway and plunged into a roadside ditch, said Abul Kashem, leader of Bakerganj Fire Station. Read:Roads turning more perilous: 10 people killed in Barishal in 24 hours The accident left the trolley driver dead on spot as the vehicle overturned after being hit by the bus, he added. The two injured were rushed to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital where  doctors declared the duo dead, said Alaudding Milon, officer-in-charge (OC) of Bakerganj police station. Several passengers of the bus were injured and are undergoing treatment at a local hospital, he added. Police seized the vehicles but the bus driver managed to flee the scene, the OC added.

The death toll from Wednesday's accident on the busy Dhaka-Kuakata highway rose to six on Thursday, with two more passengers of the ill-fated three-wheeler succumbing to their injuries at Barishal Hospital in the past 24 hours. The deceased were identified as Sathi Aktar, and her one-year-old daughter Farhana, residents of Bagdha union of the district. The deceased’s family said Sathi’s husband Faisal Hossain is also battling for his life at Sher-e-bangla Medical College and Hospital (SBMCH) after sustaining serious injuries in the fatal accident, in which a speeding bus crashed into their battery-run three-wheeler. Read:Four killed in Barishal road accident Alauddin Milon, officer-in-charge of Bakerganj Police Station, said the accident occurred on Wednesday when the Barishal-bound bus hit the three-wheeler at high speed in the upazila, leaving four of its occupants dead on the spot and three others injured. The three injured of the same family were sent to SBMCH, where Sathi succumbed to her injuries, said Dr Rezaul Karim Sikder, of the emergency department of the hospital. The child died of her injuries at the hospital later in the afternoon, he added. Meanwhile, a three-member probe committee has been formed and directed to submit its report within seven working days, Barishal District Commissioner Jasim Uddin Haider said.