Five members of a family were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus in Cox’s Bazar’s Fasiakhali area on Wednesday morning. Traffic was halted briefly before resuming after police and army cleared the vehicles.
Five members of the same family lost their lives and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus in Cox’s Bazar.
The fatal accident took place on Wednesday morning (November 5) in the Hasedighi area of Fasiakhali under Chakaria upazila.
Locals said the microbus was traveling from Chakaria towards Cox’s Bazar when it collided head-on with a Marsa Paribahan bus coming from the opposite direction near Hasedighi. One person died instantly, while four others succumbed to their injuries at the hospital after being taken there in critical condition.
Following the incident, traffic on both sides of the road came to a halt for some time. Police and army personnel later removed the damaged vehicles, allowing traffic to return to normal.