Bus-truck collision kills 10, hurts 30

Ten passengers of a bus burnt to death and 30 others suffered injuries as it went up in flames following collision with an acid-carrying truck on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Korpai in Burichong under Comilla Thursday. Police and witnesses said the fatal accident occurred as the bus of Unique Paribahan, bound for Chittagong from Dhaka, rammed into a truck carrying acid containers at about 3:30pm. "A violent head-on collision took place between the two vehicles as the driver of the Dhaka-bound truck from Chittagong suddenly took right turn in a bid to save a female passer-by. Soon the bus caught fire, as acid poured into the bus from broken containers," said a spot account of the accident. Five of the passengers burnt to death on the spot, while 35 others were injured. The injured were admitted to Comilla Combined Military Hospital and Comilla Medical College Hospital, where five of them died. Condition of eight of the injured was stated to be critical. The injured passengers also sustained acid burns. Identities of the victims were not immediately available.
— UNB