12 killed in truck-pickup van collision in Sylhet
Twelve construction workers were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a pickup van in Sylhet's South Surma upazila early today.
The deceased could not be identified immediately, our Moulvibazar correspondent reports quoting Officer-in-Charge of South Surma Police Station Md Shamsuddoha.
"All of the deceased were construction workers. They were going towards Tajpur. The accident occurred in Najirbazar area when the pick-up van collided head-on with a truck on the way," the OC said.
Twelve people died on the spot and many others were injured, the police official said.
The injured were admitted to MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, the OC added.
All the deceased and injured were passengers of the pickup van.
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