7 killed in Pabna bus collision

At least seven people were killed and 25 injured in a head-on collision of two passenger buses on the Dhaka-Pabna highway in Santhia upazila of Pabna this afternoon.

Three of the deceased were identified as Ayat Ali Bishwash, 50, Abul Kalam, 37, and Ripon Hossain, 45, driver of one of the buses, reports our local correspondent quoting M Anwarul Islam, officer-in-charge of Madhpur Highway Police Station.

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The incident took place around 12:30pm when a Pabna-bound bus collided with another bus from the opposite direction at Bohalbaria on the highway, leaving five people dead on the spot and 27 others injured of both the buses, the OC said.

The injured were rushed to Pabna Medical College Hospital two others succumbed to their injuries, the police official added.

The traffic movement on the Dhaka-Pabna highway remained halted for two hours due to the accident. However, the traffic returned to normalcy around 3:00pm.