Road crash claims 5 lives

At least five people were killed and seven others injured as a truck hit a human hauler on Bogura-Natore road at Partekur in Sadar upazila of Bogura on Wednesday.

Three of the deceased were identified as Sumon, 28, son of Hafizar Rahman of Kukrul village in Sadar upazila, Anwar Hossain, 25, son of Abdul Hye of Koigari Khadai village in Shahjahanpur upazila and Moklesur Rahman, 52, of Nandigram village, reports news agency UNB.

The identities of other people could not be known immediately.

The accident took place around 9:00am when a truck hit the human hauler leaving 12 people injured, said sub-inspector Abdul Aziz Mandal of Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital (SZRMCH) police camp.

The injured passengers of the human hauler were taken to the SZRMCH where five succumbed to their injuries, he added.

Police seized the truck but could not arrest its driver.