A bus driver was killed and his helper injured in a road accident near Sarangpur Boro mosque on Dhaka-Chapainawabganj highway in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi on Sunday morning.
The deceased was identified as Bilash (30), driver of a bus of Hanif Paribahan and hailing from Natore district, a news agency reported.
Ali Akbar, sub-inspector of Godagari Podel Police Station said the accident occurred when a Chapainawabganj-bound bus of Hanif Paribahan collided head-on with a bus of Ekata Paribahan here around 7:30am, leaving the driver and helper badly injured.
The injured were admitted to Godagari 31-bed Hospital where the duty doctors declared Bilash dead.