7 dead as bus runs into truck in Gopalganj

At least seven people died and about 19 others injured after a passenger bus drove into a parked truck in Gopalganj Sadar upazila this evening.

Two of the deceased were identified as Yunus Khan, 45, a khadem of a mosque of Dhaka Sadarghat area, and M Mahi, 12, son of Syeed Morol of Fakirhat of Bagerhat district, Md Selim Reza, officer-in-charge of Gopalganj Sadar Police, told our Faridpur correspondent.

The incident took place around 7:30am on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Betgram area, he said.

The truck, laden with logs, was parked by the roadside when the driver of the passenger bus lost control and drove into the truck, killing six people on the spot and 20 others injured, the OC said.

The injured were taken to Gopalganj Sadar Health Complex where doctors declared another dead, added the police official.