At least 15 individuals, including women and children, were injured in a head-on collision with a bus and truck at Sadar upazila in Narail district on Friday afternoon.
The incident occurred in front of Tularampur Highway Police Station on the Narail-Jashore highway. After the collision, the bus veered off the road and fell into a roadside ditch.
According to police and eyewitnesses, the bus was heading to Jashore from Narail when it lost control and collided with a Dhaka-bound BRTC truck coming from Benapole.
Later, locals rescued the injured and rushed them to Narail General Hospital.
Being informed, highway police and fire service personnel later reached the spot, rescued passengers trapped inside the bus and sent them to the hospital.
Narail General Hospital Medical Officer Sharif Md Hasan Ferdous confirmed the incident and said that two of them were later sent to Khulna for better treatment.
Police Sergeant Imran Ali of Tularampur Highway Police said that vehicle movement on the highway has returned to normal.
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