NILPHAMARI — At least 12 people were seriously injured Sunday when a bus, a truck and an auto-rickshaw collided on a highway in Domar upazila of Nilphamari district, police said.
The crash occurred Sunday afternoon at the Shalmara Nilahati area of Harinchara union on the Nilphamari-Domar highway.
According to eyewitnesses and police, a passenger bus heading toward Nilphamari from the Domar bus stand collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction at Shalmara Nilahati. The impact of the bus caused a nearby passenger auto-rickshaw to lose control and tumble off the road. The bus also fell off the road and was crushed. Twelve passengers in the bus and auto-rickshaw were seriously injured. Local residents rescued them and took them to the hospital.
Habibullah, the officer-in-charge of Domar police station, said the vehicles had been removed from the crash site and traffic was now flowing normally. Legal action was being processed, he said. The bus, truck and auto-rickshaw were in police custody.
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