The accident occurred when a speeding van hit a parked passenger bus on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Mirsarai upazila in Chittagong early morning yesterday.
The deceased were identified as Sayedur Rahman, 50, Md Suhwaradi, 60, Susmit, 21, Mizanur Rahaman, 35, and Shahida Akhter, 25, said Highway police.
When the bus broke down it was parked on the side of the road and a speeding van rammed into it from behind making it topple over around the passengers from the bus who were trying to flag down another bus to take them to Chittagong city, said the police.
Sub-Inspector (SI) Farid Uddin and In-Charge (IC) of Joararganj Highway Police Outpost to the Dhaka Tribune SI Farid Uddin said “four men and one woman were killed in the accident. The men all died on the spot while woman Shahida succumbed to her injuries on the way to hospital after being crushed by the bus.
“The driver and assistant of the speeding van managed to flee from the spot”, said the IC adding that police have both the vehicles in their custody.
SI Farid said police were trying to arrest the driver and the bodies of the victims will be handed over to their family after legislative formalities.
Amongst the victims, Sayedur Rahman was the manager of KMP and Md Suhrawardi was the former manager of KMP.
Susmit was a first year student of mechanical engineering at Chittagong University of Engineering Technology (CUET).
Mizan was the supervisor of Saymoli Paribahan.
“A case was filed in connection,” said the IC.
Thursday, June 04, 2026
