Six members of a family, including two children, were killed and four others injured after a pick-up van collided with a human hauler on Sylhet-Tamabil Highway in Darbasta area of Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet on Monday.
The accident occurred at 11:45am on Sylhet-Tamabil Highway.
The deceased were identified as Mongali Patra, 50, wife of Santosh Patra of Chiknagul union of Jaintapur upazila, Sabita Patra, 32, wife of Nanda Patra, Suchita Patra, 30, daughter-in-law of Santosh Patro, her six-month-old Bijli, Ritu Patra, 8, daughter of Subendu Patra and Shamola Patra, 55, wife of Nipendra Patro.
The injured are Push Patro, Zidan Patro, Pronoti Patro, and human hauler driver Minhaz.
According to locals, a pickup van and a human hauler, locally known as Leguna, collided on the highway in front of the Sylhet Polli Bidyut office, leaving 10 persons critically injured.
Of the 10 injured, six died after they were taken to hospital.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Jaintapur Model Police Station Tajul Islam said they visited the place of occurrence.
He said the victims were going to Mokampunji from Chiknagul to attend a family program.
After the incident, the pick-up driver fled the scene leaving the vehicle on the road.
In this incident, the local agitated crowd blocked the Sylhet-Tamabil highway.
As a result of the road blockade, the movement of vehicles on the road was suspended for about two hours.
Later, the local people lifted the blockade with the assurance of the upazila administration and local political leaders.