5 of a family die in Lalmonirhat road crash

Five members of a family were killed and 20 injured in a collision between two passenger buses in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila this afternoon.

The deceased are Farooque Hossain, 50, his mother Jobeda Bewa, 70, wife Anowara Begum, 45, younger brother Paru Islam, 38, and his daughter Lamia Islam, 18.

They were all residents of Ramdas village in Sadar upazila, our Lalmonirhat correspondent reports.

Police said a Rangpur-bound passenger bus from Kurigram hit another bus heading towards Kurigram from Rangpur in Selimnagar area on Rangpur-Kurigram road, killing three passengers on the spot.

The two others succumbed on way to Kurigram Sadar Hospital.

The injured persons were admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital and Kurigram Sadar Hospital.

Mahfuzur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station, confirmed the accident.