Staff Correspondent:

At least eight people including five women were killed in a head-on collision between a microbus and a truck on Bonpara-Hatikumrul Highway in Baraigram upazila of Natore district on Wednesday morning.

The deceased were identified as Zahidul Islam, his wife Shelly Begum, sister-in-law Ety Begum, Shima Khatun, Anwara Begum Anu, Anjuman Ara and Anna Khatun and microbus driver Shahab Uddin.

All of them hailed from Dharmadah village in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia district.

The accident occurred around 10:30am when the Dhaka-bound microbus from Natore crashed into the truck in Sirampur Araimari Bridge area, leaving five dead on the spot and three others, including the microbus driver, injured, said Ismail Hossain, officer-in-charge of Bonpara Highway Police Station.

Among the injured, another victim died on way to a local hospital while the microbus driver Sahab and Shima succumbed to their injuries at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital as both were sent to the hospital following deterioration of their condition.

They met the tragic accident while returning to Enayetpur of Sirajganj district from Kushtia after visiting one of their ailing relatives.