BartaBangla Desk :: Five people, including former MP KM Hemayet Ullah Auranga, were killed and two others injured as their jeep collided with a bus in Louhajang upazila here on Saturday afternoon. Witnesses said the Shariatpur-bound jeep collided head-on with the Dhaka-bound bus of ‘Gangchil Paribahan’ at Medinimondal on Dhaka-Mawa highway around at 4:00pm as its driver lost control over the steering.
Four people, including Auranga, were killed on the spot while three others injured in the fatal accident.
The injured were rushed to nearby Sholaghar Hospital where one of them died.
Three other deceased were identified as Jalal Munshi, Mohammad Yeasin and Ratan Talukder.
Police seized the bus but its driver managed to flee the scene.