The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Manikganj

Five people were killed and 48 injured in a violent collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in front of the British-America Tobacco Company office in Sadar upazila yesterday.

Bus driver of Village-Line Paribahan Mohiuddin, 30, of Aminbazar in Savar and Rekha, 2, of Chartilli village in Saturia upazila of the district died instantly.

Police said the fatal accident occurred at about 2:15pm when a bus of Sohagh Paribahan from Sathkhira rammed into a bus of the Village-Line Paribahan from Gabtali in Dhaka, killing the two on the spot and injuring 50 others.

Dipak, 20, a student of Singgair Degree Collage, and Santunu Roy, 33, died on way to Dhaka Medical Collage Hospital (DMCH).

Of the injured, 24 were admitted to district Sadar Hospital where an unidentified man died on arrival. Twelve others were sent to DMCH in critical condition.

As the head-on collision between the two buses brought a gloom down on the scene, vehicular movement on the busy highway snapped for about an hour.

Deputy Commission Saleh Uddin Ahmed and Police Super Sheikh Muhammad Maruf Hasan visited the spot.