Gaibandha road crash kills 5

At least five people were killed and 15 others injured as a bus overturned on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Jummar Ghar area in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha early Saturday, reports UNB.

Three of the deceased are Riaz Uddin, from Mithapukur in Rangpur, Mahabul Islam, from Patgram in Lalmonirhat and Sunil Kumar, from Tangail.

The accident took place around 3:00am when the Burimari-bound 'Barkat Enterprise' bus overturned on the highway, leaving three people dead on the spot and 17 others injured, UNB quoted Akeruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Gobindaganj highway police to have said.

Later, two persons died on the way to hospital.