The death toll from a head-on collision between a bus and two autorickshaws in Habiganj's Nabiganj Upazila reached eight.
Another 10 people were injured in the accident that took place on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in the Satahail area of the upazila around 4:00 pm Monday, reports bdnews24.com citing police sources.
The authorities have so far been able to identify six of the dead as Samirun Begum, 28, her infant daughter Maria Akhter, 2, Halima Begum, 25, Antar Mia, 22, Liza Akhter, 19, Kitab Ali, 30.
The injured were admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital and a few other local hospitals, according to the police.
A Sylhet-bound BRTC bus from Cumilla slammed into two autorickshaws travelling in the opposite direction, with all the vehicles falling into a roadside ditch after the collision, said OC Azizur. Eight people died on the spot, he added.
Some locals along with members of Nabiganj and Sherpur Highway Police and two units of the Nabiganj and Shayestaganj Fire Service recovered the bodies during a two-hour-long rescue operation, said Sherpur Highway Police OC Ershadul Haque Bhuiyan.
