5 killed in Bagerhat road crash

At least five people including four of a family died in a head-on collision between a bus and a pick-up van in Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat this afternoon.

Four of the victims could be identified as Nilkamal Das, 45, his brother Balaram Das, 35, their nephews Shyam Das, 30, Panu Das, 55, - all fish traders.

The incident happened on the Dhaka-Maowa highway in Faltita area around 2:30pm, our Bagerhat correspondent reports quoting Anisur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Fakirhat Police Station.

Further details were awaited.