Four people including three officials of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) were killed and 40 others injured in a collision among three vehicles at Boliarpur on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar on Sunday morning.
The deceased were identified as BAEC Engineer Kawsar Hossain, 33, Testing Officer Arifuzzaman, 32, Scientific Officer Puja Sarkar, 33, and bus driver Rajib, 30, said SI Sabur Khan, in charge of Aminbazar police outpost.
Of the injured, 15 are undergoing treatment at Enam Medical College and Hospital in Savar.
According to the police, a bus carrying officials and employees of BAEC was going to Ganakbari in Savar from Dhaka in the morning.
The bus plowed through a road divider after its driver lost control over the steering and a speeding truck carrying cows hit the bus from behind at the same time.
The accident got deadlier when another bus hit the damaged bus and the truck, leaving three people dead on the spot and 40 others injured, SI Sabur said.
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On information, Savar Fire Service members and police reached the spot and rushed the injured to Enam Medical College and Hospital in Savar.
Severely injured bus driver Rajib died while undergoing treatment there, said hospital sources.
Savar police recovered the bodies of the deceased from the spot, said the SI.