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Two traders were killed and seven others injured in a three-way collision involving a bus, a small passenger vehicle, locally called Laguna, and an autorickshaw in Jamalpur on Friday.
The incident occurred at the Titpalla area on the Jamalpur-Tangail highway around 5:30 am, reports bdnews24.com.
The dead were identified as vegetable traders 40-year-old Anwar Hossain from Tangail’s Dhanbari Upazila, and 52-year-old Shamsul Hossain from Jamalpur’s Sontia village.
A Dhaka-bound Sadnan Paribahan bus from Jamalpur collided head-on with a Laguna and an autorickshaw headed to Jamalpur from Tangail, said Muhammad Mohabbat Kabir, chief of Jamalpur Central Police Station.
Two people died on the spot, while seven others were injured, he said, adding all of the victims were passengers on the Laguna and autorickshaw.
Police and fire service personnel rescued the injured crash victims and took them to the Jamalpur 250-bed General Hospital.