3 officials of Atomic Energy Research Establishment killed in a Road Accident

Four people, including three officials of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, were killed in a road accident at Savar in Dhaka.

The deceased were identified as Arifuzzaman, a senior scientific officer at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment; Kauser Ahmed Rabbi, an engineer, Puja Sarkar, a scientific officer and Rajib, driver of the bus carrying the officials, Savar Highway Police said, adding that t least 12 others were injured in the accident. 

The injured have been indentified as Scientific Officer Subrata Saha, Robin Barman, Farzana Akhter, Leah, Shahabuddin, Md Imran Hossain Sourav, Nur Alam, Momin Byapari, Alamgir Alam Bhuiyan, Salam Bhuiyan, Rakonuzzaman and Tanvir.

"A passenger bus, while taking a U-turn at Boliarpur area on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar around 10am, collided with a bus carrying officials of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment.  At that moment, another Dhaka-bound truck hit the front of the bus, killing two people on the spot. The injured were rushed to Savar's Enam Medical College Hospital for treatment. Two more died later," the police said.