At least three people were killed and 10 others were injured in a collision among two buses and a pick-up van rash on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Narsingdi’s Rapura upazila on early Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Sananda Das, 55, Md Renu Mia, 66, and Md Kamal Mia, 55, from Sarail upazila in Brahmanbaria, said Mozammel Haque, officer-in-charge of Bhairab highway police station.
The injured are — pickup van driver Abdul Jalil, 55, his assistant Md Mahmud Ali, 33, passengers of the van Sudhangshu Das, 45, Sabuj Mia, 33, Keshab Das, 25 and some passengers of the buses.
They were currently undergoing treatment at different local hospitals, said police.
A Bhairab-bound bus first hit a stationary BRTC bus at about 4:00am after its tier got punctured and a Narsingdi-bound fish carrying pickup van collided with both the buses, leaving two people dead on spot, said the OC.
Severly injured Kamal Mia died on the way to hospital, said Md Saidur Rahman , a member of Kalikaccha union Parishad .
The drivers of the buses remained absconding while the vehicles were seized, said OC Mozammel Haque.
