PATUAKHALI, Oct 11 (UNB): Three people including a member of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) were killed and 50 others injured in a head-on-collision between a bus and a minibus of Rab on Barisal-Patuakhali-Kuakata highway at Fatullah Bus Stand in Sadar upazila of Patuakhali district on Saturday morning.
The deceased were identified as Piash, 2, Alim, 32, assistant sub-inspector and driver of the vehicle of RAB and Afroza Begum, 35.
Commanding officer of Patuakhali RAB Squadron leader Md Rashedul Islam, said a picnic bus of RAB carrying 13 people was heading towards Kuakata from Barishal.
The accident occurred around 8:30 pm when the bus of 'Dhansiri Paribahan' from Kuakata collided head-on with the picnic bus of Rab, killing one child and 52 others injured, said Md Imtiaz, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station.
Among the injured, the driver of the Rab vehicle and the woman died on the way to Barishal hospital.
RAB member, two others killed in Patuakhali road crash
FE Team | Published: October 11, 2025 22:09:11
RAB member, two others killed in Patuakhali road crash
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