Staff Reporter:Six people were killed and another was injured as a microbus collided head-on with a bus in Faridpur Sadar upazila on Monday morning morning.
Four of the deceased were members of a family. They deceased were identified as Shariful Islam, 32, his daughter Tabassum, 1, his sister-in-law Papiya, 14, and his nephew Tanju of Solna village under Boalmari upazila in Faridpur, Md Faruk, sub-inspector of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, the friend of Shariful, and microbus driver Md Nahid of Narail.
All the victims were passengers of the microbus.
Witnesses said that the incident took place in Mollikpur area around 6:30am, while the Dhaka-bound microbus collided head-on with a Magura-bound bus of Mamun Paribahan leaving six people dead on the spot.
Md. Shaifur Jaman, Additional Superintendent of Police in Faridpur confirmed it.
The injured one was taken to Faridpur medical College hospital in critical condition.
