Kabir Humayun: At least five people were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a minibus in Rangpur city yesterday.
The victims could not be identified immediately.
Rangpur Central Circle Additional Superintendent of Police Saifur Rahman Saif said the accident occurred on the Rangpur-Dinajpur Highway in the CO Bazar area around 12:30pm, reports bdnews24.com
The injured were rushed to Rangpur Medical College Hospital for treatment, he added.
He said that a BRTC bus headed from Bagura to Panchagarh’s Banglabandha crashed into a minibus headed from Thakurgaon to Rangpur.
“Both buses were run off the road and four people died on the spot.”
Another victim succumbed to his injuries in the hospital, said the police official.
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