RANGPUR: The death toll from a collision between a passenger night coach and a parked drum truck on the Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur has risen to four, with at least 12 passengers seriously injured.
 
The accident occurred around 5:30am on Wednesday (October 28) in the Bairagiganj area, said Md Moazzem Hossain, officer-in-charge of the highway police.
 
According to police and local sources, a night coach operated by Khan Paribahan crashed into the rear of a drum truck parked on the highway early in the morning. The impact crushed the front section of the coach, killing one person on the spot.
 
On receiving information about the accident, highway police and Fire Service personnel rushed to the scene and launched rescue operations. They rescued seriously injured passengers trapped inside the damaged coach and rushed them to Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
 
Three more passengers died while undergoing treatment at the hospital, taking the death toll to four.
 
The bodies were recovered and sent to the hospital morgue for autopsies, officials said.
 
Police said traffic on the highway was moving normally following the accident.