A tragic road accident in Pabna’s Ishwardi on Thursday claimed five lives, including a child, in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw. Officer-in-Charge Shahidul Islam stated that the bus was heading towards Ishwardi when it collided with the oncoming auto-rickshaw. Five people died on the spot, while another was critically injured. The bus driver and assistant fled the scene immediately after the accident, but authorities have seized the vehicle.