Six dead, including five women, in Natore microbus-truck collision

NN Online:
Six people, including five women, lost their lives in a tragic head-on collision between a microbus and a truck on the Bonpara-Hatikumrul Highway in Baraigram upazila of Natore on Wednesday morning. One other person was seriously injured.

According to Baraigram Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Golam Sarwar, the accident occurred around 10:30am when a Dhaka-bound microbus from Natore collided with a truck near the Sirampur Araimari Bridge area.

Five passengers died on the spot, while two others, including the microbus driver, were taken to a local hospital by locals. One of them was declared dead upon arrival, while the driver remains in critical condition.

All the victims were passengers in the microbus, police confirmed. Identities of the deceased have not yet been confirmed. Legal proceedings are underway.