GOPALGANJ, July 6, 2023 (BSS) - Four people were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between an ambulance and an excavator carrying truck on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Arambagh area under Sadar upazila of the district today.

The deceased were identified as - ambulance driver Momin Khan, 40, son of Olzar Khan, resident of Goalpara village of Kalukhali upazila in Rajbari district, ex-naval member Dr. Shamchul Alam,60, son of Dr. Abdul Khalek, resident of Sadar Road of Barishal city, Md. Jewel Hasan, 30, son of Md Shah Alam, resident of Jamla village of Dumki upazila in Patuakhali district and Faisal,35, a resident of Rajbari district town.

Officer-in-charge (OC) of Gopalganj Sadar Police Station Jabed Masud said the accident occurred in Arambagh area around 7:30am when an ambulance collided head-on with an excavator carrying truck, leaving one person dead on the spot and seven others critically injured.

Police and fire service personnel rushed to the spot, rescued the injured and took them to Gopalganj 250-bed General Hospital. Three of the wounded succumbed to their injuries after being taken to the hospital, he said.

Rest of the injured is receiving treatment at the hospital, the OC added.