Dhamrai road crash leaves two dead
Manikganj: Two people were killed and five others injured in Balitha area of Dhamrai as an ambulance, carrying a body, crashed into a roadside tree on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway on Wednesday.
The deceased are Shafiq, in his thirties, from Rajbari sadar, and Raman Bhuiyan, in his twenties, driver of the ambulance.
The driver of the ambulance lost its control over the steering as it hit a roadside tree on the highway at around 10:30am, leaving Shafiq dead on the spot and six others injured, said Kazi Moniruzzaman, sub-inspector of Golora Highway Police Station.
The injured were taken to Manikganj Zila Hospital where the doctors declared Raman dead, added the SI.