6 killed in truck-ambulance collision in Shariatpur
17 January 2023, 09:50 am | Updated: 28 November 2024, 04:31 am
At least six people were killed as an ambulance collided head-on with a speeding truck near Padma Bridge South police station in Shariatpur's Zajira upazila early Tuesday.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, said Selim Miah, deputy assistant director of Shariatpur Fire Service and Civil Defence Station.
The victims were passengers in the ambulance, he added.
The accident occurred around 3:45 am when the driver of the ambulance carrying six people, coming from Barishal, lost control and hit the Dhaka-bound truck loaded with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), leaving them dead on the spot, said the officer.
