At least two people were killed and 24 others injured when a bus plunged into the river Turag at Taltola in Kamarpara area of the city on Sunday morning.
Officials said a child remained missing since the accident.
The deceased were identified as Mohammad Ripon Mia, 28, of Delduar upazila under Tangail district and Mohammad Shahidul, 30, a resident of Companyganj of Noakhali district.
The injured were admitted to East West Medical College Hospital at Taltola.
Police and survivors said the accident occurred when a Tangail-bound bus from Dhaka hit a bus of Shawan Enterprise heading for Dhaka from Ashulia at about 11:30am.
The bus of Shawan Enterprise plunged into the river killing the two passengers on the spot.
Soon after the mishap, local people, police and members of fire service began rescue operation and found the two dead bodies inside the bus, said Sheikh Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, Deputy Director of Fire Service and Civil Defense, Dhaka Division.
Rahman said that some passengers of the bus managed to swim ashore while the rescue teams were trying to retrieve the bus from the river.
He told New Age that a minor boy was missing since the accident. 'We have rescued all the passengers of the bus but the boy is still missing. Our divers will continue their search for the missing child', he added.
Sub-inspector Moham-mad Ferdous said that they had sent the injured to East West Medical College and Hospital for treatment.
Hospital sources said among the injured, 11 were undergoing treatment at the hospital while the rest were released after giving them first aid.
Mamunur Rahman, a passenger of the bus, told New Age that the accident occurred due to reckless driving.
Officials of Dhaka Metropolitan police, north, visited the spot and the injured at the hospital.
The bodies were sent to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue for postmortem examination, police said.
The driver of the bus however fled the spot soon after the accident. Police also failed to seize the bus which hit the bus of Shawan Enterprise while trying to overtake, local people said.
A case was filed with the Turag Police Station in this connection.
Source : New Age
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