20 injured in collision between bus and truck in Cumilla

At least 20 people were injured in a three-way collision between a bus, a truck and a covered van on the Cumilla-Sylhet Regional Highway in Cumilla’s Debidwar upazila today (Nov 5).

Vehicle movement on the highway was halted for about five hours after the accident, resulting in long traffic jams and suffering for travelers.

The accident took place in the morning around 9 am in Charbakar area of ​​Debdwar upazila, Gias Uddin, sub-inspector of Mirpur Highway Police outpost, told The Business Standard.

Vehicular movement on the highway resumed around 2 pm that day, he added.

According to locals, one of the tires of the truck in question burst in the Charbakar area of ​​Cumilla in the morning, causing it to lose control. At that moment, a covered van that was driving directly behind the truck was hit from behind and a bus that was behind the tilt ban also collided with the covered van.

The collision severely damaged the vehicles and injured nearly twenty people.

The injured were later taken to the local Upazila Health Complex for treatment.

At the time of filing this report at 5pm, no deaths had been reported as a result of the accident.