Two people were killed and 10 others were injured as a passenger bus collided head on with a pickup van in Pukuria area under Bhanga Upazila of Faridpur on Friday.
The accident occurred on Faridpur-Barishal highway at around 2:30pm.
Bhanga Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge Khayrul Anam confirmed the matter and said a Dhaka bound passenger bus collided head on with pickup van on Faridpur-Barishal highway in Pukuria bus stand area, leaving two, including the pickup van driver, dead on the spot. The injured were rescued and sent to Faridpur Bangabandhu Medical College Hospital.
The deceased and injured were rescued by police personnel and the members of fire service. A gridlock was created due to the accident. The vehicular movement became normal after the bus and pickup van were rescued from the place.
