14 people killed in bus-pickup truck collision in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Apr 16 (PTI) At least 14 people, including five members of a family, were killed on Tuesday when a bus and a pick-up truck collided head-on in Bangladesh’s Dhaka-Khulna highway, police said.

The accident occurred in Faridpur when a bus bound for Magura city in the Khulna Division collided with a Dhaka-bound pick-up truck, leaving 11 people dead on the spot, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper quoted police as saying.

Police said that two persons died while being taken to hospital and another died undergoing treatment.

Those killed were the passengers, driver and helper of the pick-up truck, which was also carrying 15 passengers, including the driver’s helper.

The Daily Star news portal, which reported the death toll as 13, said that those killed included seven women, three men, and three children.

Among those killed were five members of the same family, the bdnews24 news portal reported.

Earlier, Deputy Commissioner Md Kamrul Ahsan Talukder and Superintendent of Police Mohammad Morshed Alam visited the accident site.

The government gave an immediate grant of Tk 20,000 for the burial of those killed, and a grant of the same amount for those who are under treatment, Talukder was quoted as saying in the report.

Additional grants of Tk 5 lakh will be given to the family of the deceased and Tk 3 lakh to the injured family, he said.