Report | A terrible Road Accident you have come across very recently.
Staff Correspondent:
At least five people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident at Sonargaon on Dhaka Chittagong Highway yesterday.
The accident occurred as a Dhaka bound bus collided head on with a truck. It was going to Chomilla from Manikganj. Two of the passengers and driver of the truck were killed on the spot. Two of the injured including the helper of the bus died at the hospital.
Three passengers received serious injury and were sent to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital Their condition was critical. Other injured persons were admitted to different local hospitals and clinics.
Police seized both the bus and truck. The driver of the bus could not be arrested.
Local witnesses said several accidents had already occurred at the same spot. The Roads and Highways Department has been asked many times to construct a speed breaker there. But no step has yet been taken.
The Superintendent of Police or SP of Narayangonj visited the spot. A case was filed with Sonargaon Police Station.