Dhaka, April 16 -- Fourteen people, including five members of the same family, have been killed after a passenger bus crashed head-on into a pickup truck in Faridpur. At least 15 others were injured in the accident.

All of the dead were passengers on the pickup truck.

The accident occurred around 7:45am on Tuesday on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Faridpur Sadar's Kanaipur.

Locals, the Fire Service, highway police, and district police began rescue operations at the scene after the accident.

Eleven, including the driver of the pickup truck, died on the spot. Three more of the injured died after they were taken to the Bangabandhu Medical College Hospital in Faridpur.

The Unique Paribahan bus was headed from Dhaka to Magura when it crashed...