Bus-Truck collision leaves 4 dead in Sylhet

Four people were killed and nine others injured as a bus carrying Biswa Ijtema devotees collided head-on with a truck in Sylhet on Monday morning.

The road accident took place on Dhaka- Sylhet highway in Satmail area under Dakkhin Surma upazila around 7:30am.

The deceased were identified as Abu Bakkar, 50, Akbar Ali, 50, Abdur Zufur, 45, and Abdul Khaleq.     

Khairul Fazal, officer-in-charge of Dakkhin Surma Police Station, said the incident took place when the bus carrying 30 devotees, who were returning to Sunamganj from Biswa Ijtema ground, collided with the truck in the area, leaving three people dead on the spot.

Another people succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital, he said.