6 killed in Bagerhat road accident

Six people died and one person was injured after a truck hit a battery-run three-wheeler in Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat this morning.

The accident took place around 7:45am in Beltali area on Khulna-Mawa highway, our local correspondent reports quoting Abu Sayid Md Khairul Anam, officer-in-charge of Fakirhat Model Police Station.

The truck coming from the direction of Dhaka hit the three-wheeler coming from the opposite side killing six of its passengers on the spot, he said.

The deceased are yet to be identified, the police official added.