Four of a family among 5 killed in road crash
Five people, including four members of a family, were killed when a car collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction in Habiganj's Madhabpur upazila early yesterday.
The incident occurred in the Haritola area of the Dhaka-Sylhet highway around 1:30am.
The deceased have been identified as Md Jamal, 40; his wife Kamrunnahar, 35; his son Ananta, 11; and his brother Enamul, 35.
They were residents of Dhaka's Savar, where Jamal and Enamul worked at a readymade garments factory. Their village home is in Bowalia of Patuakhali's Golachipa.
The fifth victim was car driver Harun Bepari, 34, from Barishal's Bakerganj.
Rakibul Islam, officer-in-charge of Madhabpur Police Station, confirmed the details of the accident to The Daily Star.
He said the four family members were returning to Savar from Sylhet after paying a visit to the Shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R).
On their way back, the car collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction in the Haritola area of the Dhaka-Sylhet highway around 1:30am. The car plunges into a roadside ditch and all five victims died on the spot, the OC added.
Their bodies were taken to Habiganj Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy, Civil Surgeon Nurul Haque.
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