6 killed in Gaibandha road crash
Six people were killed as a bus ran over an auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in Gaibandha on Friday morning.
The accident took place in Kalitola area of Gobindaganj upazila at 8am when the night coach of "Hanif Paribahan" bus hit the auto-rickshaw, leaving three dead on the spot and five others critically injured, according to Gaibandha Highway Police OC Khayrul Bashar.
Among the injured, three people died on the way to the hospital.
The deceased were were identified as Dukhu Mia, 65, Shohag, 22, Ashraf, 60, Ripon, 32, Khokon, 38, and Sujon, 40, hailing from the upazila.
The injured are Siddik, 40, and Majedul, 38. They are undergoing treatment at Gobindaganj Upazila Health Complex.
The driver and the helper of the bus managed to flee the scene after the incident, he added.
