At least two people were killed and around 20 others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a pickup truck in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur on Monday morning.
The accident occurred at about 9:15am at Aruakandi bus stand on the Tekerhat highway.
The deceased were identified as Jahangir Molla, 40, a businessman from Kaidubi Sadardi village in Bhanga municipality, and Alamgir Sheikh, 42.
According to witnesses and Fire Service sources, a pickup truck from Kaliganj was crossing a bridge near Aruakandi field when it collided head-on with a Shah Farid Paribahan bus from Faridpur.
The crash left the pickup mangled, while the bus overturned into a roadside ditch. One person died on the spot, and another died on the way to Dhaka after being taken from Bhanga Upazila Health Complex.
Bhanga Fire Service Station Manager Abu Jafar said “Rescue teams rushed to the scene and sent around 25 seriously injured people to the upazila health complex.”
Fire Service Station Officer Sohel Rahman confirmed that police and Fire Service personnel jointly carried out the rescue operation.
