Collision between a Bus and a Tractor claimed at least five lives including four of a same family while 10 others were injured.
The incident was reported from Gaibandha’s Palashbari area around 11:45 pm on Friday (Aug 31).
Initially reports put the number of deaths to six.
According to Police and locals, a Dhaka-bound passenger bus of Saudia Paribahan collided with a tractor that was stationary on the Gaibandha-Palashbari road and ended up in a roadside pit leaving the four people of a family dead on the spot.
One of the injured later succumbed to wounds sustained and died on the way to hospital.
The four family members were identified as Entazul Islam, his sister Kakoli Begum, his wife Afroza Begum, their daughter Hena Begum of Sundarganj upazila in Gaibandha, said officer-in-charge of Polashbari Police Station Mostafizur Rahman.
Both the vehicles involved in the crash were seized, but the drivers and helpers of both the vehicle managed to flee, he added.
Identity of the other person was not immediately available.