2 killed in N’ganj road crash, five injured

A man and his four-year-old son were killed and at least five others were injured as a bus collided head-on with truck on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila on Wednesday.

The accident occurred around 4:30am in front of Kewdhala Bus Stand under Bandar Police Station.

The deceased Shafiqul Islam, 35, and his son Bipul, 4, hailing from North Khagura in Gaibandha district.
Jamal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Bandar Police Station, said the father and son were killed in a head-on collision between the bus and the truck. Five others were injured in the incident. Both drivers fled the scene after the crash.

The preparations were underway to file a case over the accident, the OC said.

Locals rescued the injured, who were in critical condition and rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMC) for treatment.

Upon the tip-off, Kanchpur Highway police visited the scene and seized the bus and truck involved in the crash.

The bodies were sent to the morgue of Narayanganj General Hospital for autopsies.