A city-service bus hit a pillar of the metro rail at Agargaon area in the capital Tuesday afternoon injuring four to five bus passengers.
Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited, the implementing agency of the metro rail, filed a case in this regard.聽聽
Kafrul police station officer-in-charge Farukul Alam said that a Safety Paribahan bus hit a metro rail pillar at Agargaon at about 1:00pm..
鈥楾he accident took place due to reckless driving while the road was almost empty,鈥� he said, adding, 鈥榳e did not find the driver as he fled the scene.鈥�
He could not give details of the driver.
Farukul also said that some four to five bus passengers were injured and they took medical treatment at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital.
Police seized the bus, he added.
DMTCL managing director MAN Siddique said that the pillar remained undamaged.
鈥榃e filed a case with the Agargaon police station in this regard,鈥� he added. 聽
The country鈥檚 first-ever electricity-powered elevated and air-conditioned rail system is in operation now on the 20.1km Uttara-Motijheel route every day except Friday.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina launched the metro rail services on the Uttara鈥揂gargaon section on December 28, 2022, and then on November 4, 2023 she inaugurated the service on the entire Motijheel鈥揢ttara section.