40 hurt in two-bus collision
At least 40 passengers suffered injuries after two buses on Dhaka-Maowa highway collided head-on in South Keraniganj, outskirts of the city, yesterday morning.
Twenty-seven of the injured were admitted to Mitford Hospital, five to the Pongu (orthopaedic) hospital, and one to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Rest of the victims received primary treatment from local clinics.
Following the accident, local people put barricade on Dhaka-Maowa highway, resulting in huge traffic congestion on both side of the crash site for about two hours.
Shakhawat Hossain, officer-in-charge of South Keraniganj Police Station, said the collision took place between Dhaka bound Godhuli Paribahan and Maowa bound DM Paribahan at Kadampur in Abdullahpur around 7:30am.
Traffic movement became normal at about 9:30am after police reached the spot and launched a rescue operation together with locals. The buses were seized, but drivers and helpers fled.
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