5 dead after truck hits stranded passengers in SE Bangladesh

DHAKA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Five people were killed and four others injured when a speeding truck plowed into a group of stranded bus passengers along a highway in Sitakunda on the outskirts of Bangladesh's southeastern Chattogram city early Tuesday.

Islam, a senior local police official, told Xinhua that the accident occurred around 1:30 a.m. local time along the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway when a bus developed a mechanical fault and the passengers got off the vehicle and waited by the roadside.

"The speeding truck's driver lost control and struck the group, killing three people on the spot," he said. "Two others succumbed to their injuries after being rushed to a hospital."

He added that four other injured bus passengers are receiving treatment at the hospital.