A traffic police officer and assistant of a bus driver were killed and at least 25 others were injured in a series of road accidents involving six vehicles on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopalganj district on early Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Rafiquzzman, assistant traffic sub-inspector of Bhatiapara Highway Police Station, and Selim Hossain Bepari, assistant of a bus driver and son of Abdul Hamid Bepari of Sonadanga Police Station area in Khulna city.
Although the identities of the injured could not be known yet, all of them were admitted to Gopalganj 250-bed General Hospital.
Quoting local people, officer-in-charge of Gopalganj Sadar Police Station Mir Md Sajedur Rahman said that a Khulna-bound bus of Baleshwar Paribahan, coming from Dhaka鈥檚 Jatrabari, rammed into a parked truck from behind in Gopinath area at about 4:00am.
Moments later, three more buses, including one of Arman Paribahan, and a microbus ploughed into the accident-hit bus from behind, leading to further damage and casualties.
The traffic police officer and the assistant of a bus driver died on the spot, while the injured were rushed to hospital, the OC said.
Vehicular movement on the highway resumed about two hours later after the wreckage was cleared, he added.