20230624 Seven of a family, driver die in expressway ambulance crash
Bangladesh Jun 24 2023 “Automobile & Railway”
Dead : dead 5 to 9 Burnout : 0 or unknown Injured : injured 1 to 9
Seven of a family, driver die in expressway ambulance crash
Updated: 2023-06-24
Seven members of a family and the driver of an ambulance have died after the vehicle hit the railings of a flyover and caught fire on Bangabandhu Expressway at Bhanga in Faridpur.
The victims are Taslima Begum, 50, her daughters Kamala, 30, and Beauty Begum, 26, Kamala’s sons Arif, 12, Hasib, 10, and daughter Afsa, 1, Beauty’s son Mehedi, 10, and driver Mrinal Malo.
The family members were on their way home to Boalmari to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha after Taslima was released from the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital on Saturday morning after a monthlong stay at the hospital for treatment.
Police said five people died on the spot when the microbus, being used as an ambulance, caught fire after hitting the railings in the Maligram area.
Two others died at Faridpur Medical College Hospital and the driver succumbed to his injuries at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka.
“We initially suspect the cylinder of the car exploded and triggered the fire,” said Md Shahjahan, the district’s superintendent of police.
A five-member committee has been formed to investigate the accident, said Md Quamrul Ahsan Talukder, deputy commissioner of the district administration.
Web Source: BDNews24