Bus-pickup van collision leaves 2 dead in Postagola

On Monday, two people were killed after a truck crashed into a pickup van in Dhaka's Postagola, police said.

The deceased were identified as Atiqur Rahman Apel, 30, and Kamrul Huda, 26, from Barishal's Banaripara upazila.

According to the Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Police Outpost, a passenger bus of Raida Paribahan and a pickup van collided head-on, leaving the driver of the pickup van and his assistant, and two pedestrians critically injured.

"They were declared dead at 8pm after being rushed to DMCH. The bodies were kept at the hospital for autopsies," he added.

The Shyampur Police Station seized the bus but the driver fled from the scene, Bachchu said.