A head-on collision between a truck and a passenger vehicle has left eight people dead including four members of a family in Tangail’s Madhupur.
Another four were injured in the accident that took place around 12:15pm on Wednesday in the Upazila’s Raktipara area, said Madhupur Police Sub Inspector Alamgir Hossain.
All of the victims were in the passenger vehicle.
Police identified the four family members as Habibur Rahman, 50, his wife Jahanara Begum, 42, and their daughters ‘Hena’, 30, and ‘Ayesha’, 12. But they couldn’t identify the others.
A Madhupur-bound truck slammed into the vehicle that rushed in from the other side, killing one on the spot while the other seven died on their way to the hospital, the police official added.
The injured were admitted to the Madhupur Upazila Health Centre.
Earlier, a passenger bus had fallen into a ditch, killing 10 people in Jhalakathi on Tuesday. 10 others had been injured in the incident.
