RANGPUR, Sept 11, 2022 (BSS) - Three people, including a newborn, were 
killed in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and an ambulance at the 
Sholeyasha Kharubhanj bridge point on the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in 
Taraganj upazila today.

 "The mishap occurred when the bus from Dhaka and ambulance from Nilphamari 
collided head-on from opposite directions there at 5 am," Assistant 
Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Rangpur Highway Circle Zahidur Rahman 
Chowdhury told BSS.

 Seven people aboard the ambulance were injured in the accident. They were 
rushed to Rangpur Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctor declared 
three of them dead.
 
"The victims were going to Rangpur Medical College Hospital from Nilphamari 
Sadar Upazila Health Complex with the sick newborn," ASP Zahidur Rahman said. 

 The deceased were identified as ambulance driver Al-Amin Barat, 30, son of 
Nasir Uddin, Rafiqul Islam, 40, son of Jahanur Islam and a seven-day-old 
newborn of Nilphamari.
 
 Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Taraganj Highway police station Sheikh Mohammad 
Mahbub Morshed said the driver and helper of the passenger bus fled from the 
spot soon after the accident.

 A case has been lodged with Taraganj police station in this connection.

 Earlier on last September 4 at midnight; nine people were killed in another 
head-on collision between two passenger buses at the same point on the 
highway in Taraganj upazila of the district.