Two people were crushed to death after a truck crashed into a pickup van in Dhaka's Postagola Monday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Atiqur Rahman Apel, 30, and Kamrul Huda, 26, from Barishal's Banaripara upazila.
At 7pm, a passenger bus of Raida Paribahan and a pickup van collided head-on, leaving the driver of the pickup van and his assistant, and two pedestrians critically injured, Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Police Outpost, said.
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"The pedestrians were declared dead at 8pm after being rushed to DMCH. The bodies were kept at the hospital for autopsies," he added.
Meanwhile, Shyampur Police Station seized the bus but the driver managed to flee the scene, Bachchu said.
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