Six people were killed in a bus-microbus collision near Bangabandhu Bridge in Tangail on Thursday (6 October). The accident also left at least 40 people injured.
"The accident occurred on Thursday noon near the east side of the bridge. Highway police and locals have started rescue operations," said Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shafiqul Islam told the media.
Locals said that five people were killed on the spot when a Dhaka-bound Ekta Paribahan bus and a North Bengal-bound microbus collided in the Bangabandhu Bridge roundabout on the Dhaka-Tangail Bangabandhu Bridge highway.
Another passenger died on way to the hospital.
The injured have been taken to Tangail Medical College Hospital.
