Three Killed in Dinajpur Road Accident

Three people were killed and eight others were injured after a pickup van crashed into a BRTC bus in Dinajpur’s Doshmile area.

The accident occurred on Monday around 6pm in front of the Darbarpur Jame Masjid on the Dinajpur-Rangpur Highway, reports UNB.

The deceased were identified as Mostakim Ahmed, 27, Sohanur Rahman Sohan, 26, and pickup driver Foyzar Uddin, 40.

The locals rescued the injured and sent them to Dinajpur’s M Abdur Rahim Medical College and other hospitals. Most of them were sent home after primary treatment. The pickup fell on the side of the road after the crash.

Dinajpur Kotwali Police Station Inspector Golam Maola said the Thakurgaon-bound BRTC bus crashed with the speeding pickup van coming from the opposite side of the highway.