Bus-covered van collision kills 13

At least 13 people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run covered van on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Faridpur's Nagarkanda last night.

Both the vehicles caught fire on impact, and almost all the dead were burned beyond recognition, said fire service officials who visited the spot.

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Vehicular movement on the highway remained suspended till the filing of this report at 2:00am today.

ASM Nasim, officer-in-charge of Nagarkanda Police Station, said the 13 people, including the van driver, died on the spot, and the injured were admitted to nearby hospitals.

He feared that the death toll may rise as the condition of some of the injured was critical.

Talking to The Daily Star, ABM Momtazuddin Ahmed, assistant director of the Fire Service and Civil Defence in Faridpur, said, “The Khulna-bound covered van collided with a Dhaka-bound bus at 10:55pm, and the two vehicles caught fire immediately after the collision.”

On information, four units of the fire service went to the spot and doused the flames, he said, adding that they had so far pulled seven bodies from the two vehicles.