Helper killed in Karwanbazar bus crash (video)

A man died and at least 10 people were injured as a bus turned on its side while racing with another bus near Karwanbazar intersection in Dhaka this afternoon.

The deceased, whose name could not be known immediately, was the helper of the bus, said survivors.

The helper was declared dead as soon as he was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Assistant Sub-Inspector Sentu Das of DMCH Police Camp told The Daily Star.

Four of the injured -- Parul, 30, her son Ashfad, 3, Ibrahim Noman, 26, and Awal Bepari, 24, – were also whisked off to the hospital, he added.

Some of the injured took treatment at local hospitals.

Eyewitness Ali Azgar, a staff of Hotel Super Star, told The Daily Star that two Gabtoli-bound buses of the same company (Number-8) were racing to overtake each other, adding that no other bus was there at the time of the accident.

The bus on the left side turned on its side while its driver was trying to push the other bus to the road divider, Azgar added.

Vehicular movement on the road remained suspended for around half an hourand resumed after fire service and police men removed the vehicle from the road.