Five people, all from the same family, were killed early Tuesday when a private car collided with a parked gas cylinder-laden truck on the Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway in Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila. The accident occurred around 4:30 a.m. in the Maligram area. The deceased include Nurjahan Begum, her son Arif Hasan, Ayesha Begum, Rakib Hossain, and the car’s unidentified driver. The victims were residents of Jhikargacha upazila in Jashore district.

According to police and fire service sources, six family members were traveling from Dhaka to Jashore when the driver lost control and hit the stationary truck. The car was severely damaged, killing four people on the spot, including a child and the driver. Fire service and highway police from Bhanga and Shibchar rescued the victims and took the injured to the district medical college hospital. One of the injured, Rakib Hossain, later died at the hospital.

Police have seized both the private car and the gas truck involved in the accident, according to Shibchar Highway Police Sub-Inspector Nur Alam.