Four passengers were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram on Saturday morning. The accident occurred around 11:30 a.m. in front of Four Season Restaurant and Resort on the Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar highway. One passenger, Rehena Begum, 66, from Patiya upazila, died on the spot, while three others succumbed to their injuries later at Lohagara Trauma Centre.

According to a passenger, the driver of a Chattogram-bound Marsa Paribahan bus lost his temper after an argument with another driver in Harbang area of Cox’s Bazar, leading to the collision with another Marsa Paribahan bus heading toward Cox’s Bazar. Fire service leader Firoz Khan said one body was recovered from the scene and the injured were taken to local hospitals, with several in critical condition.

Officer-in-Charge Salah Uddin Chowdhury of Dohazari Highway Police Station said a team was sent to the site, and the bodies and damaged buses were brought to the station for legal procedures before handing over to families.