At least five people were killed and three others injured as a speeding pickup van hit a parked covered van in the City Gate area of Chattogram district early Monday.
The identities of the victims are yet to be known.
Md Alamgir Hossain, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) in Agrabad, said the accident occurred when the pickup van carrying fishermen crashed into the covered van from behind around 4:55am.
The accident left four people dead on the spot and four others injured, he said.
On information, a rescue team from Agrabad Station rushed to the spot and sent the injured to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, where another victim succumbed to his injuries, informed the Fire Service official.
Akbar Shah Police Station reported that the fishermen boarding the pickup van were going to Fouzdarhat Sea Beach to catch fish. However, they could not provide further details about the victims.
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