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A bus driver was killed after his vehicle crashed into a sand-laden truck in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh on Saturday.
The accident occurred at the Dhalibari intersection of the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in the morning, said Md Shafiqul Islam, chief of Bhoradoba Highway Police Station.
The deceased was identified as 55-year-old Swapan Hossain, who hailed from Jhalakathi’s Rajapur Thana, reports bdnews24.com.
The sand-laden truck was taking a U-turn around 5:45 am when a Dhaka-bound Ena Paribahan bus crashed into it, said Atiqur Rahman, senior station official for the Bhaluka Fire Service. Swapan, the bus’s driver, was seriously injured in the crash.
Fire Service personnel rescued him and rushed him to the Bhaluka Upazila Health Complex, where the doctor on duty declared him dead.
The body is in police custody and legal action will be taken over the incident, said police official Shafiqul.