Published : 02 Dec 2025, 04:27 PM
Updated : 28 Aug 2026, 01:30 AM
Three people have been killed after a bus and truck collided near the Arial Khan Bridge on the Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway in Madaripur’s Shibchar Upazila.
The accident occurred around 9:45am on Tuesday, said Zahirul Islam, chief of Shibchar Police Station.
One of the dead has been identified as Monir Sheikh from Pirojpur’s Nazirpur Upazila. The other two are a man and a woman, police said.
A “Welcome Paribahan” passenger bus crashed into the back of a freight truck on the Bhanga-bound lane of the Arial Khan Bridge at speed, police and locals said.
Police went to the scene and conducted rescue operations once the incident was reported.
A witness named Pratap Das said, “I was in another vehicle when I suddenly heard a loud noise and saw a passenger bus crashing into the back of a freight truck on the Bhanga-bound lane.
“The passengers at the front of the bus are more likely to have been hurt in the accident.”
OC Zahirul said, “The bus left from Dhaka. So far, three people have died due to the accident.
“We recovered one body from the scene. The two others died at the Bhanga Upazila Health Complex in Faridpur.”
Law enforcers are working to identify the two other bodies, he said
