5 killed in Tangail road accident
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Five people were killed and two were injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a pick-up van in Tangail Sadar upazila early today.
Md Jiaul Haque, a sub-inspector of Elenga highway police outpost, said a Dhaka-bound truck collided head-on with an oncoming pick-up van at Gharinda bypass area on Dhaka-Tangail highway around 4:30am.
Four people died on the spot while another succumbed at Tangail General Hospital, reports our Tangail correspondent quoting the SI.
Two injured are undergoing treatment at the hospital, the police official said.
Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The SI said the drivers lost control over the wheels due to dense fog on the highway.
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