Rajshahi: A bus driver was killed and his assistan suffered injuries in a road accident near Sarangpur Boro mosque on the Dhaka-Chapainawabganj Highway in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi on Sunday morning.

The deceased is Bilash, in his thirties, driver of a bus of Hanif Paribahan and hailing from Natore district.

The accident took place when a Chapainawabganj-bound bus of Hanif Paribahan collided head-on with a bus of Ekata Paribahan in Rajshahi around 7:30am, leaving the driver and assistant badly injured, said Ali Akbar, sub-inspector of Godagari Podel Police Station.

The injured were taken to Godagari 31-bed Hospital where doctors declared Bilash dead.