5 of a bridal party killed in road accident

Five people, including a woman, were killed and three others injured when a microbus, carrying a bridal party, plunged into a roadside ditch in Birpasha of Bijoynagar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday, reports UNB.

The deceased are Hasan Jamal, 32, son of a certain Nuruzzaman, Apu Mia, 30, Apu's wife Jhumur Begum, 25, Rajin Salehin Liton, 28 and Parash Mia, 25, of Khilgaon area in Dhaka.

Khatihata highway police said the accident took place around 2:30pm on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway.

"A Sylhet-bound bridal party microbus from Dhaka hit a roadside tree and fell into a ditch , killing five of its passengers on the spot," highway police OC Hossain Sarkar said.

A firefighting unit rushed to the spot and rescued the injured - including the bridegroom. The survivors were taken to Madhabpur Upazila Health Complex. One of them is in critical condition.

Microbus driver Nabir Ali has been arrested, the OC added.