5 killed in Sirajganj road crash

Five people were killed and over 50 injured in a road accident involving two buses and a truck on Hatikumrul-Bonpara highway in Tarash upazila on Tuesday night.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Sergeant Abdul Goni of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station said a Dhaka-bound ‘Shishir Paribahan’ bus from Rajshahi collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction at Khalkula around 10:15pm.
Soon after the collision, a Rajshahi-bound bus of ‘Desh Travel’ plunged into a roadside field as its driver lost control over the steering in the impact of the collision.
The accident left four people dead on the spot and over 50 injured.
One of the injured died on the way to hospital.
The injured were taken to different hospitals in Sirajganj and Bogra.