Driver dies as truck rear-ends another on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway in Munshiganj

Traffic remains halted on the expressway for nearly an hour after the collision

A driver has been killed and another injured after a truck crashed into a stationary one from behind on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway in Munshiganj.

The accident occurred around 5:45am on Thursday on the Mawa-bound carriageway over the old ferry ghat underpass in Sreenagar, according to Md Safiqul Islam, deputy assistant director of Munshiganj Fire Service Civil Defence.

The driver who died, Shawkat Bepari, 23, was behind the wheel of one of the trucks.

The injured, 24-year-old Imran Mondal, has been sent to Dhaka for advanced treatment.

Witnesses said a truck had stopped on the expressway for repairs when another, approaching from the same direction, lost control and collided with it.

The assistant driver of the stationary truck sustained injuries, while the assistant of the other was trapped inside the mangled vehicle.

Firefighters from Sreenagar station rushed to the scene and successfully extricated the trapped assistant.

Both injured individuals were transported by the Fire Service ambulance to Sreenagar Upazila Health Complex, where on-duty doctors pronounced Shawkat dead.

Traffic on the expressway remained halted for nearly an hour following the collision, resuming only after the damaged vehicles were removed from the scene, Fire Service official Safiqul said.