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Narsingdi Correspondent

At least six policemen were seriously injured when a police escort van for the British envoy collided head-on with a passenger bus in Narsingdi yesterday.

The accident took place at Palbari under Narsingdi Sadar upazila on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at about 8:00am.

Police said the pick-up van left Narsingdi for Narayanganj to accompany the British High Commissioner, Stefen Evans, who was going to Srimangal. When the police van reached Palbari, a Narsingdi-bound bus smashed the police van completely leaving six policemen injured.

The victims were identified as Mostafa, 36, Shariful Islam, 30, Sohag, 36, Sohag, 30, Lokman, 36, Mahfuz, 45. The injured policemen were admitted to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

The local police detained the bus but the bus driver managed to flee.

A case was filed with Narsingdi Model Police Station in this connection.