Three people, including a seven-day-old child, were killed and four others injured in a collision between a bus and a microbus in Taraganj upazila of Rangpur early Sunday.
Two of the deceased were identified as Banya, 30, and Rafiqul, 40.
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The accident occurred around 5:30 am when the Nilphamari-bound bus of ‘Bhai Bhai Paribahan’ crashed into the microbus coming from opposite direction near Kharubhaj Bridge, said Mahbub Morshed, officer-in-charge (OC) of Taraganj highway police.
The accident left seven members of a family travelling on the microbus seriously injured.
The injured were rushed to Rangpur Medical College and Hospital where three of them succumbed to their injuries, said the OC.
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On September 5, nine people were killed and around 50 others injured in a head-on collision between two busses on Rangpur-Dinajpur highway near Kharubhaj Bridge of the upazila.