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At least five men were killed and eight other people injured after a head-on collision between a bus and a Laguna in Gazipur, reports bdnews24.com.
The accident occurred around 8am in the Haldoba area, said Gazipur Sadar Police Station SI Md Shaheedul Islam.
All of the victims were Laguna passengers, he said.
Two of the dead were identified as former military Sgt Md Mizanur Rahman, 30, and Ratul, 18.
A passenger bus travelling from the Rajendrapur Cantonment Area to Gazipur Sadar’s Banglabazar area crashed head-on into a passenger Laguna, the SI said.
Four men were killed on the spot while another died after being taken to the hospital, he said.
The bodies of Mizanur Rahman and an unidentified man were taken to the cantonment hospital, while the two other bodies are at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital morgue.
According to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Medical College Hospital Resident Doctor Pranay Bhusan Das, six people were brought to the hospital from the scene of the accident. One unidentified man died before he was brought to the hospital, while Ratul died while undergoing treatment.
One of the injured, 45-year-old Dulal, has been referred to Dhaka medical College Hospital while Khairul, 40, Khalil, 40 and Nishan Ahmed, 28, have been admitted to the hospital