OUR CORRESPONDENT, Cumilla

Five people, including four members of the same family, were killed yesterday when a bus rear-ended a car on the Dhaka–Chattogram highway in Cumilla’s Burichang upazila.

The victims were identified as Abdul Momin, 50; his wife Jharna Begum, 40; their daughter Labiba, 18; and son Saif, 7, all from Chatarpaiya village in Sonaimuri upazila of Noakhali. The car’s driver, Jamal Hossain, 52, of Barishal, also died in the crash.

Abrar, 12, another son of Momin and Jharna, survived the crash and is now out of danger, said Md Abdul Momin, officer-in-charge of Mainamati Highway Police Station, quoting doctors.

The OC said the accident occurred around 6:00pm. “The driver died on the spot, while the four passengers were rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared them dead,” he added.

The family was travelling from Dhaka to their village home in Sonaimuri when the Starline Paribahan bus hit their car.