At least three people were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on-collision between a bus and a minibus on Thakurgaon-Panchagrah road at Denis Bhutpara area in Thakurgaon sadar upazila on Thursday.
The buses collided-head on while saving a motorcycle.
The deceased were identified as Babul Hossain, 40, minibus driver of Collegepara in Thakurgaon town, Kamruzzaman Raju, 52, Agrani Bank official of Munshirhat Branch and resident of Chaklahat area of Panchagarh and Abul Kalam Azad, 52, of Nargun area of Sadar Upazila of Thakurgon.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Thakurgaon Sadar Thana Md. Ashikur Rahman confirmed the matter.
The accident took place at about 10:30 am when a passenger bus hit another passenger bus while overtaking it at the area killing two people on the spot and injuring the others.
Police and Fire Service and Civil Defense personnel rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies. The injured people were sent to Thakurgaon District Modernised Sadar Hospital. One of the injured died on way to the hospital.
Meanwhile, condition of some other injured are critical.
Police and Fire Service and Civil Defense personnel with the help of locals salvaged the damaged buses to clear the highway for normal vehicular movement. Police, however, seized the buses.
