Five people were killed and another was injured in a head-on collision between a microbus and a battery-run three-wheeler on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj this morning.
Three of the deceased were identified as Hanif (25), Mamun (30), Nuruddin (45) and Jamal (42), our Narayanganj correspondent reports quoting police.
Among the deceased, Hanif was the driver of the three-wheeler while the three others were its passengers, police said.
Kanchpur Highway Police Station Officer-in-charge OC) Nabir Hossain said, "The incident took place around 9:25am when a Dhaka-bound microbus collided head-on with a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Shimrail area on the west side of Kanchpur bridge on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway."
Five injured passengers were taken to a private hospital where doctors declared one dead.
"Four people were taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital around 10:30am. Three of them were declared by the doctors there, Inspector Ba'chu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost, told.
Jamal (42), another injured passenger of the auto-rickshaw, succumbed to his injuries at DMCH around noon.
The driver of the microbus went into hiding after the incident, the OC said.
"The microbus has been seized," he said.
