At least five people, including a child and three women, were killed and eight others injured when a lorry ran over passengers standing beside a broken-down bus on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Sitakunda early Tuesday (October 27).
The accident occurred around 1:10am near the Royal Cement Gate in the Chhoto Kumira area of Chattogram`s Sitakunda upazila.
The deceased included three women, a child and a man.
The injured were taken to hospital, where several were reported to be in critical condition.
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, a firefighter at Kumira Fire Service Station, said a Dhaka-bound passenger bus had stopped beside the highway after developing a mechanical problem.
While the bus was being repaired, passengers got off and waited beside the road.
A Dhaka-bound lorry then struck the group, killing three people on the spot.
Two others were taken to hospital with injuries but were declared dead by doctors, he said.
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