5 killed as bus crashes into ambulance in Faridpur

At least five people were killed after a passenger bus collided head-on with an ambulance on Dhaka-Barishal highway in Faridpur’s Nagarkanda upazila this morning.

All the deceased were passengers of the ambulance, said Md Helal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Highway Police Station. Their identities could not be confirmed immediately.

Quoting locals, the OC said that the accident occurred around 10:30am near the Shankarpasha bus stand in Dangi union of the upazila.

A BRTC passenger bus travelling between Faridpur Sadar and Bhanga collided head-on with an oncoming ambulance on the highway, leaving the ambulance mangled and killing five of its passengers on the spot, he added.

Members of the highway police and Nagarkanda fire service rushed to the scene after receiving the information and launched rescue operations.

The bodies were recovered from the wreckage, he said.