Four die in Gaibandha road crash

Four people have been killed and another 15 injured after a sand-bearing truck and a bus crashed head-on in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj.

Gaibandha Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 22 April 2018, 03:44 AM
Updated : 22 April 2018, 03:44 AM

The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in Panthapara’s Bokchor area around 5:30am on Sunday, police said.

The identities of the dead have yet to be confirmed. The injured have been admitted to the Gobindaganj Upazila Medical Complex and Bogra’s Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital. Some of the injured are in critical condition.

The VS Paribahan bus was headed from Dhaka to Panchagarh when it collided with the truck, said Gobindaganj Highway Police OC Akhtaruzzaman.

Four people were killed on the spot, including both drivers.

Passengers on the bus have alleged that the driver had been drowsy.