“The Rangpur-bound bus, named ‘Mayer Doa Paribahan’, crashed into the potato-laden truck heading towards Dhaka at high speed, leaving two dead on the spot,” said Shahjahan Ali, officer-in-charge of Baradarga highway police station.
One of the deceased was the truck driver and another was a male passenger of the bus but their identities could not be known immediately, he said.
“The injured have been admitted to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital,” the police officer added.
