The bus supervisor and the driver's assistant were killed in a collision involving three vehicles on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Daudkandi Upazila's Iliatganj yesterday.
One of them was identified as Fahad Ali Raji Faisal, the supervisor of Green Line service. The driver's assistant, named as Monoar Hossain, hailing from Manikganj district town. Iliatganj police outpost Inspector Monirul Islam said the accident took place when a Dhaka-bound Green Line bus rammed into a covered van from behind around 5:30am.
Within moments, a speeding truck, running behind the bus, hit it, killing Fahad on the spot. Monoar succumbed to his injuries while being taken to hospital. Meanwhile, at least two people were killed and 15 others injured following a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Shoshi area of Bijaynagar upazila early yesterday.