More than 100 injured as 10 vehicles collide after bus-private car crash in Gopalganj's Muksudpur

More than 100 passengers were injured in a collision involving 10 vehicles at the Baraitala bus stand area of Muksudpur in Gopalganj, on the Dhaka-Barishal highway. The accident happened at around 10:30am on Friday.

Police and local sources said a passenger bus first collided head-on with a private car. Buses, trucks, private cars and engine-run easy bikes then crashed one after another.

Four passenger buses, two private cars, two trucks and two engine-run easy bikes were damaged in the pile-up.

Traffic on the highway remained stopped for about an hour after the accident.

Muksudpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdullah Al Mamun confirmed the accident. He said 20 to 25 seriously injured people were rescued and sent to hospitals in Faridpur and Bhanga.

The OC said traffic on the road is now moving normally.