Dense fog
Habiganj road crash: Death toll rises to 5
They were returning home after picking up a relative from the Dhaka airport.
Five people including siblings have been killed in a three-way collision, involving a microbus, truck and pick-up van, that took place in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj.
The vehicles collided at Noapara area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway around 3:00 am on Saturday, due to the poor visibility triggered by heavy fog.
The deceased are Shihab Ahmed, 13, son of Nurul Islam, a resident from Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar, Nurul's daughter Sabiha Akhter, 21, her husband Abdus Salam, 32, their two-year-old daughter Habiba and microbus driver Sadir Mia, 28.
According to police sources, the microbus was returning to Sylhet after picking up Raju Ahmed, an expatriate from the Kulaura upazila, from the Dhaka airport.
When the microbus collided head on a sand-laden truck coming from the opposite site at Noapara area of Habiganj at 6:00am. At the time a pickup van hit the microbus from behind, killing five people on the spot.
Critically injured Nurul Islam, expat Raju and his cousin Nishat, 18, were sent to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.
Jashim Uddin, sub-inspector of Shayestaganj highway police station, confirmed deaths of five people to told Prothom Alo.
The accident may occur due to the dense fog, the police official said. The bodies of five people have been brought to the police station.