The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Savar

At least five people, including a truck driver, were killed and 35 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Dhaka-Aricha highway near Bathuli Bus Stand in Dhamrai upazila yesterday morning.

Truck-driver Abdul Karim, 30, and bus passengers Masum Billah, 25, and Mujibar Rahman, 27, and Mizanur Rahman died on the spot.

Mosharraf Hossain, 52, hailed from Jhalakati district, died at Savar Gonoshyasthya Kendra on arrival.

Police and witnesses said the fatal accident occurred at about 5am when the Dhaka-bound bus from Pirojpur collided with the goods-laden truck from Dhaka, leaving four people dead on the spot and 35 others wounded.

Of the injured, 10 were admitted to different hospitals where their condition was stated "critical". The rest were given first aid.

Four of the injured were sent to Pangu Hospital in Dhaka.