TDS Desk:

Police have arrested the drivers of a bus and an ambulance in connection with an accident in Savar that claimed the lives of four passengers, including a woman and a child.

The arrests were made on Saturday, and the suspects were presented before the court.

The accident occurred late Wednesday night around 2am in the Fulbari area on the Dhaka-Aricha highway. Two passenger buses collided with an ambulance from behind, resulting in the deaths of four individuals and injuries to at least seven others.

The arrested individuals are ambulance driver Zahid Hasan and Shyamoli Paribahan bus driver Zahirul Islam. Zahid Hasan is the son of Aynal Haque from Suti Langal Jora village in Gopalpur police station, Tangail district. Zahirul Islam is the son of the late Golam Sarwar from Chawlia village under Birganj police station, Dinajpur district.

Police reported that the ambulance, carrying a family travelling from Tangail to Dhaka for advanced medical treatment, was struck by two buses — Jhumur Paribahan and Shyamoli Paribahan — on the Dhaka-Aricha highway near the Police Town area.

The collision killed Faruk Hossain, the headmaster of Bhavandatta Government Primary School in Ghatail Upazila, Tangail, his son Fuad Siddiq, wife Sonia Akter, and his wife’s elder sister Mahfuza Akter Shila.

Following the incident, Sub-Inspector (SI) Ranju of Savar Highway Police Station filed a case, leading to the arrests.

Saugatul Alam, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Savar Highway Police Station, said that the bus driver was arrested from Gabtoli Bus Terminal in Dhaka, while the ambulance driver was apprehended from Konabari, Gazipur, based on confidential information. Both have been sent to the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court with a request for a seven-day remand.