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3 killed as two buses collide in Sirajganj

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Update: 2019-03-20 18:22:57
 3 killed as two buses collide in Sirajganj

SIRAJGANJ: At least three people were killed and 18 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses of Hanif Paribahan on the western link road of Bangabandhu Bridge.

The accident took place in Soydabad area around 4:30pm on Wednesday (March 20).

The victims could not be identified immediately.

Sirajganj Fire Service and Civil Defense assistant director Md Abdul Hamid said a North Bengal-bound bus of Hanif Paribahan collided head on with a Dhaka-bound bus of same transport group, killing a person on the spot and injuring 20 others.

Injured were sent to 250-bed Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib General Hospital where two more persons succumbed to their injuries.

BDST: 1804 HRS, Mar 20, 2019
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