9 killed in Nilphamari road crash

At least nine people were killed and 20 others were injured when a bus hit a pick-up van at Dhalagach in Syedpur bypass area of Syedpur upazila in Nilphamari on Sunday night, reports UNB.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

The accident took place in the area around 10:15pm when a Dhaka-bound bus hit the pick-up van carrying some young people, leaving all of them dead on the spot and 20 others injured, said Ashoke Kumar Pal, assistant superintendent of Syedpur police.

Of the injured, twelve were taken to Rangpur Medical College Hospital.

A group of people hired the pick-up for a road trip on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and met the tragedy while returning home from a picnic spot in Dinajpur, said Shahjahan Pasha, officer-in-charge of Syedpur Police Station.