2 students killed in Dhaka Airport Road accident

Two students have been killed by a speeding bus on Dhaka’s busy Airport Road.

The deceased are Rajib and Dia, inter first year students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin College. 

Witnesses say they were students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment School.

At least four others were also injured in the accident opposite the Radisson hotel in Kurmitola on Sunday. 

An Uttara-bound bus of “Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan” ran over a group of students who had been standing beside the road. Two of them died on the spot, witnesses said.

The bus, from Mirpur, hit the students right after they had crossed the flyover, added witnesses. Angry students set fire to the bus.

Agitated students and locals blocked the road for about an hour after the accident. They also vandalized 50 to 60 buses and set two buses on fire, Cantonment police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kazi Shahan Hoque said. 

“The situation is now under control,” said Police’s Gulshan zone Additional Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Shahed Mia.

“We persuaded the students to end their blockade about half an hour ago,” he said. “So far, we can confirm that two students have died and four others are injured. They are being treated at Kurmitola General Hospital.”

He said police have detained the helper and driver of the bus.