Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Sunday arrested the truck driver who was responsible for the deaths of 15 people in a road crash in Dakkhin Surma upazila. The arrestee was identified as Shafiqul Islam, 27, son of Mistar Mia of Moksedpur in Sherpur upazila. Tipped off, a team of Rab-9 conducted a drive in the area and arrested Shafiqul from Dakkhin Surma upazila on Sunday, said media officer of Rab-9 Senior ASP Afsan Al Alam. Also read: Probe committee formed over Sylhet road accident that killed 15 On June 7 eleven people were killed and ten others were injured when a truck collided head on with a covered van at Nazir Bazar in the upazila. The injured were taken to Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital where the doctors declared four more of them dead. Also read: 14 dead as truck collides with pickup van carrying construction workers in Sylhet A case was filed in this connection. The arrestee was handed over to police.