Bus-van collision leaves 3 dead in explosion, 7 others injured 

A collision with a Shyamoli Paribahan bus has caused the gas cylinder of a van to explode, leaving three persons dead at Chakaria in Cox's Bazar.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 3 Feb 2017, 04:20 AM
Updated : 3 Feb 2017, 04:20 AM

Police found a woman among those killed and seven other passengers injured with burns, said Chakaria police's Inspector Kamrul Azam.

The accident occurred around a half-hour past Thursday midnight on the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway, he added.

All the victims were from the Cox's Bazar-bound microbus which caught fire after the explosion.

Those killed could not be identified immediately, but the microbus driver was among them, police said.

The bodies have been kept at the Chakaria Upazila Health Complex.

Police seized both the vehicles.