Two killed as bus hits battery-run van in Sirajganj's Ullapara

Two people, including the driver of a battery-run van, were killed in a head-on collision with a passenger bus in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj. Two other van passengers were injured in the crash.

The accident took place at around 7:30pm on Sunday (November 1) at Kathaltola on the Dhaka-Pabna highway in the upazila.

The dead van driver, Humayun Kabir, was the son of Abul Hossain of Balasabari village in Durganagar union. The other victim, van passenger Sujan Sardar, was the son of Mintu Sardar of Hemantabari village in the same union.

Local sources said the Pabna-bound passenger bus collided head-on with the van in the Balasabari-Kathaltola area of the Dhaka-Nagarabari highway in the evening, leaving the van mangled.

Van driver Humayun Kabir died on the spot. Sujan Sardar was taken to hospital with serious injuries and died while undergoing treatment.

The two injured passengers are receiving treatment at the 30-bed Ullapara hospital.

Mahabub Rahman, officer-in-charge of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station, said police visited the scene after receiving the news. As the victims' families lodged no complaint, the bodies were handed over to them.

However, the bus involved in the crash could not be traced, the OC said.