Four die in Keraniganj road accident

At least four persons, including the driver of a microbus, were killed when their vehicle collided head-on with a bus at Dhaka’s Keraniganj on Saturday. The Mawa-bound microbus was hit by the ‘Ilish Paribahan’ bus, which was on its way to Dhaka, said South Keraniganj Police Station’s OC Jamal Uddin Meer. Police said six more were injured in the accident that took place at Abdullahpur on Dhaka-Mawa Highway around 3pm on Saturday. Two women and a child died on the spot while another person succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Police assumed he was driving the microbus. His body was sent to the Mitford Hospital for autopsy. The dead were yet to be identified. Police believe they all were travelling in the microbus. Among the injured ‘Shilpi’, ‘Shaukat’, and ‘Sentu’ were admitted to DMCH and ‘Ima’, Sadia Akhter and ‘Lima’ to Mitford Hospital, according to a news agency.