At least eight people, including three members of a family, were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at Fultoli area under Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj on Monday.
Some of the victims were identified as Sabirun, 35, her daughter Maria, 2, sister-in-law Salima Akter, 25, Antar Mia 18, autorickshaw driver Kitab Ali, Liza Akter, 17, and Liton Mia, 30. The identities of the other victims could not be known immediately.
The accident took place at about 5:00 pm when a Sylhet-bound BRTA bus collided head-on with two CNG-run autorickshaws, killing five people on the spot.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sherpur Highway police outpost Md Ershadul Haque Bhuiyan confirmed the matter.
It was known that the BRTC bus hit he two autorickshaws before falling into a roadside ditch. People injured in the accident have been taken to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital.
Locals said a Sylhet-bound BRTC bus collided head-on with a Paniumda-bound autorickshaw and then hit another autorickshaw before falling into a roadside ditch. Police said that the cause of the accident was not immediately clear.