Faridpur, Bangladesh (BBN) – At least thirteen people were killed and twenty others injured when the CNG bus collided head-on with a pick-up van in Faridpur, a central district of Bangladesh on Friday night.
The accident took place around 11:15 when the bus caught fire as they collided head-on a highway connecting Dhaka and Khulna town in Faridpur district, local police said.
Almost all of the passenger died on the spot when they were trapped inside the bus.
The injured were taken to different hospitals including Upazila Health Complex in Faridpur.
Three of them were sent to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, the police added.
The bodies were sent to Faridpur Medical College.
The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
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