Six people were killed and at least 20 others injured when a bus carrying picnickers and a truck collided head on in the district's Chouddagram on Friday morning.
Mainamati Highway Police Station Acting Officer in Charge Moshiur said the incident took place in the Harisardar area at around 7:30am.
He confirmed identity of four of the deceased. "The injured are at Chouddagram Upazilla Health Complex... 12 of them are critical."
Chouddagram Police Station Acting OC Mozammel Hossain said four people were killed on the spot while two more succumbed to injuries after being rushed to the hospital.
He said the picnic bus from Dhaka was headed for Sitakunda Ecopark in Chittagong. "The bus carried a banner with BSTI Staff Quarters written on it."
Miarbazar Highway Police Station Sergeant Shahabuddin Ahmed said both vehicles had been salvaged. "Bodies have been sent to the Comilla Medical College and Hospital for autopsy."
As of now, only four of the deceased have been identified. They are:
Bus driver Matabbar, 42, son of Nur Islam from Gouripur Upazilla's Aatgram village in Mymensingh; truck driver Montu Molla, 40, son of late Javed Molla from Madhukhali's Bhagar in Faridpur; bus passenger Kamal Pasha Ratan, 40, son of Ali Ashraf – an employee of BSTI staff quarters in Dhaka; and Abdul Hakim, 42, son of Suruj Mia from Bancharampur's Haidarnagar in Brahmanbaria.
Friday 4 January 2013
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