Five people were killed and another was injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Raikhali Bridge area of Arkan road under Boalkhali upazila of Chattogram on Thursday, reports BSS.
Boalkhali Police Station officer-in-charge Abdur Razzak said four of them were dead on the spot while another died on the way to the hospital.
The deceased are Md Selim, 45, hailed from Mirapara under Boalkhali upazila, Anjana Akter, 35, hailed from Mirsarai upazila and Babul Dey, 60, and CNG driver Abdul Karim, 54, both hailed from Patiya upazila of the district.
The identity of another unidentified youth aged about 25, could not be confirmed till filling the report.
Police detained bus driver Jaker Hossain and also seized the two vehicles.
A case filed with Boalkhali Police Station over the accident.
Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul
