Three people, including a 3-month-old infant, were killed and at least four others injured in two separate road accidents occurring just five minutes apart on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway in Jaintiapur upazila on Saturday afternoon (October 17, 2026).
The first accident took place around 12:15 PM near the Ferryghat area, where a Jaflong-bound passenger bus (Dhaka Metro-B-12-1849) collided head-on with a Sylhet-bound stone-laden truck (Dhaka Metro-T-22-7501). Six people were critically injured and rushed to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, where an unidentified teenage girl bus passenger and one of the vehicle drivers succumbed to their injuries. Three members of a family from Kotwali, Sylhet—Kawsar (48), Atisha (10), and Alif (16)—were among the injured undergoing treatment.
Just five minutes later, at 12:20 PM, a second fatal head-on collision occurred between two private cars near the Biraimpur bridge in Jaintiapur Sadar Union. Three-month-old infant Ayat, daughter of Hasanuzzaman from Gowainghat’s Jaflong area, was killed instantly on the spot. Another passenger, Marajana Akter (35), sustained injuries and was admitted to Osmani Medical College Hospital. Jaintiapur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman Molla confirmed that the wrecked vehicles have been taken into custody by Tamabil Highway Police.
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