The accident took place on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in the Shashai area of Bijoynagar Upazila around 5 am on Saturday, according to the police. One of the dead was bus driver while another was an assistant of the truck driver, police said. A bus, operated by London Express Ltd, was heading to Sylhet and collided with a stone-laden truck coming from the opposite direction, killing two people on the spot, said Mohammad Hossain, chief of Khatihata Highway Police Outpost in Brahmanbaria. One of the injured has been taken to Dhaka and two others were admitted to Sylhet hospital. The rest left the hospital after receiving first aid, he added.

Source: bd News24 January 19, 2019 04:58 UTC