Four people were killed and three others injured as a pick-up van turned turtle on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Bhaberchar in Gazaria upazila, in Munshiganj yesterday.
But identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Hedayetul Islam Bhuiyan, officer-in charge of Gazaria police station, said the pickup van skidded off the road and turned turtle as its driver lost control over the steering, leaving its four passengers dead on the spot and three others injured.
The injured, including the driver of the pick-up van, were rushed to different local hospitals.
On receiving information, police rushed in and recovered the bodies.
Traffic movement on the busy highway remained halted for 15 minutes following the accident, said the OC.
Two war crimes accused hurt in prison van-bus collision in Gazipur
Two war crimes accused and four policemen were injured as a prison van collided head-on with a bus in Rajendrapur area in front of National Park of the city in the morning.
The war crimes accused were identified as Hazi Amjad Ali, 95 and Riaz Uddin Fakir,70.
The injured policemen are nayek Mustafiz, 30, and constables Mehedi, 26, Wasim, 30, Nur Uddin,39.
Sub-inspector Baharul Alam, in-charge of Naujor highway police camp, said the Netrakona-bound bus from Dhaka collided head-on with the prison van in the area around 8am, leaving two war crimes accused and four policemen injured.
The war crimes accused were being taken to Dhaka by the prison van to be produced before the International Crimes Tribunal.
The injured were rushed to Tongi Government Hospital. Later, critically injured Amjad and Mustafiz were shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Earlier, police arrested suspected war crimes accused Hazi Amjad Ali from Keshoreganj village and Riaz Uddin Fakir from Bhalukjan village in Fulbaria upazila of Mymensingh district on Tuesday noon. The tribunal had earlier issued a warrant for arrest of the two suspected war criminals.