The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Bogra

Five people were killed and 20 injured in a multiple collision on the Dhaka-Bogra highway near Mirzapur Bazaar in Sherpur upazila yesterday afternoon.

Witnesses and police said one Bogra-bound bus from Dhaka hit another from behind at about 5pm. The driver of the front bus lost control and the bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw which then collided with another truck.

"Four auto-rickshaw passengers and a passer-by were killed on the spot," says a spot account of the multiple crashes.

One of the deceased was identified as Abul Kalam Azad, a cashier of Grameen Bank Mirzapur branch.

Twenty others were also injured in the accident and taken to local Upazila Health Complex for treatment.