A man was killed and three others were injured when a bus collided head-on with a private car on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Rataile in Kashiani Upazila of Gopalganj earlier Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ullah, 40, the private car driver and son of Abdul Latif of Manikganj district. The accident occurred around 9 am when the Dhaka-bound ‘Emad Paribahan’ bus from Pirojpur hit the Satkhira-bound private car from Manikganj, leaving the private car driver dead on the spot and three injured, said Zillur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Kashiani Police Station. The car also caught fire as the gas cylinder of the vehicle exploded after the accident. The fire also spread to the bus.
On information, a firefighting unit rushed to the spot and extinguished the blaze, said Rezaul Alam, station master of Kashiani Fire Service and Civil Defence.
Among the injured, one was taken to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, while others were taken to Kashiani 100-bed General Hospital.
All of the victims were passengers of the private car.
Traffic movement on the Dhaka-Khulna highway remained suspended for two hours following the accident.