4 Ijtema devotees killed in bus-truck collision

Four people were killed and 10 others injured as a bus carrying Biswa Ijtema devotees collided head-on with a truck on Dhaka- Sylhet highway at Lalabazar in Dakkhin Surma upazila on Monday morning, reports news agency UNB.

Three of the deceased were identified as Abu Bakkar, 50, Akbar Ali, 50, Abdur Zufur, 45.

The collision took place when 30 devotees were returning to Sunamganj from Biswa Ijtema ground around 6:00am in the ‘Balaka Pahibahan’ bus, leaving four people dead on the spot, said Dakkhin Surma police station officer-in-charge Khairul Fazal.

The injured were admitted to Osmani Medical College Hospital, OC added.