Child among 5 killed in fatal road accident

At least five people including a child have been killed as a night coach fell into a roadside ditch after being hit by a truck carrying stones in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj. The deadly crash took place in Jummarghar area on Dhaka-Rangpur Highway around 3:30am on Sunday, according to police. They could not be identified immediately. Over 15 other bus passengers were also injured in the incident. Condition of some of them was stated to be critical. They have been taken to Gondindaganj Upazila Health Complex and Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College (SZMC) Hospital. The number of dead could go up, OC Md Abul Bashar of Gobindaganj Highway Police said. Four of the victims – all passengers of Saidpur-bound Shakil Paribahan – died on the spot while another died when taken to a hospital. Firefighters and the police have been trying to remove the truck to free the highway and pull out the bus.