Five die as ‘Laguna’ collides head on with bus in Narsingdi

At least five people, including a woman and her teen-aged daughter, have been killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a small passenger carrier locally called ‘Laguna’ on their way home from an amusement park in Narsingdi’s Shibpur.

They have been identified as Sharifa Begum, 50, from Raipura and her daughter Jannat, 18.

One of the ‘Laguna’ passengers died on the spot and 10 were injured when the Ena Paribahan bus hit it at Gangparh on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway around 9 pm on Friday, police said.

News agency bdnews24 reported that wwo died at Narsingdi Sadar Hospital and two others at Narsinghdi Zila Hospital.

Police could not identify the three other deceased victims – a woman and two males.

Five of the seven survivors were transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical condition, said Narsingdi Additional Superintendent of Police Shafiur Rahman.