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Bus rams truck in Cumilla, killing five

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Five people have died after a bus rammed a parked truck in Cumilla’s Chauddagram.

The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Jagannath Dighi Union’s Gangra area around 5:30am on Sunday, said Miarbazar Highway Police SI Majnu Ahmed.

According to Chauddagram Police OC Mahfuzur Rahman, the bus was headed from Khulna to the Maizbhandar Darbar Sharif in Chattogram’s Fatikchhari when it crashed into the back of a parked truck.

Five people were killed on the spot. Four others were taken to the Chauddagram Upazila Health Complex in critical condition, according to a bdnews24 report.

Police have yet to release the identities of the victims.

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