Two killed, 3 hurt as bus hits rickshaw van in Jashore

The deceased were identified as Ratan Roy, 27, son of Rajan Mia, a van passenger from Abdullahpara village in Shaghata Upazila, Gaibandha district, and Nazmul Sheikh, 40, son of Khalek Sheikh from Joypur village in Manirampur Upazila.

The injured are Swab Akhtar from Gopalpur village in the Upazila, Ibrahim Gazi from Purba Jhaljhara village, and Babul Akhtar from Gaibandha district.

Witnesses said that a Jashore-bound passenger bus departing from Satkhira struck a van in front of the Manirampur Government College gate around 1 pm on Sunday, leaving one van passenger dead on the spot.

Following the collision, a pedestrian attempted to stop the bus, but it ran over him, and three more van passengers were injured.

Bablur Rahman Khan, Officer-in-Charge of Manirampur Police Station, said that after receiving information, the bus, bearing the registration Dhaka Metro J-11-1314, was seized, and the driver Abdul Gani was arrested.

Touhidur Rahman, team leader of the Manirampur Fire Service and Civil Defense Station, said they recovered the bodies and rescued the injured and took them to the Upazila Health Complex, reports UNB. 

Humayun Rashid, the doctor in charge of the hospital’s emergency department, said that Babul Akhtar, one of the injured, has been referred to Jessore Medical College Hospital.