Four die in Sirajganj road accident

Four people, including three of a family, have been killed after a passenger bus collided head-on with a microbus in Sirajganj's Ullapara upazila. Five others were injured in the accident on the Bogra-Nagarbari Highway on early Thursday in Salanga union. Three of the victims have been identified as Solaiman, 65, his daughter-in-law Lili Akter, 32, and her son Sagar Hossain, 14. They hailed from Bogra's Kahaloo upazila. The microbus driver could not be identified immediately. Hatikumrul highway police station's Officer-in-Charge Abdul Qader Zilani said a Kurigram-bound bus of Dhanshiri Paribahan rammed into a Dhaka-bound microbus killing four people on the spot. Police sent the injured to Sirajganj Sadar Hospital. The bodies have been kept at Hatikumrul highway police station. The accident disrupted traffic for about an hour.