At least six people including five prisoners were killed and several injured in a head-on collision between two human hauliers – one carrying prisoners and the other carrying passengers – on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur Sadar upazila this afternoon.

The accident took place around 4:00pm in Master Bari area when a human haulier along with 13 prisoners was heading towards Gazipur court from Shreepur Police Station, our Gazipur correspondent reports quoting Motaleb Mia, officer-in-charge of Shreepur Police Station.

The five prisoners and helper of the other human haulier died on the spot, Sub-Inspector Moniruzzaman of the police station said.

Meanwhile, a three-member probe body, headed by Assistant Superintendent of Police Delwar Hossain, has also been formed to investigate the cause behind the accident, Harun-Ur-Rashid superintendent of police, Gazipur, told our correspondent.

The probe body has also been asked to submit its report by 10 working days, he added.

Further details in this regard could not be known immediately.