Five people of a family were killed after their microbus collided head-on with a bus in Gopalganj's Muksudpur upazila on Wednesday (March 20) morning.

The accident happened around 11:00 am on the Dhaka-Barishal highway.

One of the deceased was identified as Salma Zaman, 35, while identities of others could not be known immediately. 

All the deceased hailed from Gopalpur area of Kalkini upazila of Madaripur district.

Muksudpur police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Ashraful Alam confirmed the matter.

According to police, some members of a family were returning to Kalkini by microbus from Dhaka. On the way, when it reached Chagalchira in Muksudpur, the microbus collided head-on with a Dhaka bound bus from Barisal.

Four men and one woman in the microbus died on the spot and several others were injured in the incident, the OC said. 

The injured were admitted to Rajoir Upazila Health Complex, he added. 

BDST: 1251 HRS, MAR 20, 2024
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