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Bangladesh: Dhaka road mishap leaves three hurt

Bangladesh: Dhaka road mishap leaves three hurt

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 06 Jun 2019, 08:38 am
Dhaka, June 6: At least three people were hurt as two buses were engaged in a 'race' on Dhaka road on Thursday, media reports said.

Agitated people vandalised one of the vehicles.

 

One of the buses was set on fire.

 

According to witnesses, the buses of Paristhan and Khajababa Paribahan were being driven recklessly during an alleged race on the road near Bangla School in Mirpur Section No 11, reported bdnews24.

 

“The buses were racing each other on the streets. When one bus tried to overtake the other, it ended up running over an auto-rickshaw and a rickshaw,” a witness to the accident told the news portal.

 

The injured people were rushed to hospital after they were hurt in the mishap.

 

“Two units of the fire service doused the flames on the Paristhan bus set by the agitated public,” Kamrul Hossain, an official of the fire service’s control room told bdnews24.

 

The driver of a bus has been detained.