, Nov. 16 -- Five people were killed and 20 others injured as a bus crashed into a stationary covered-van on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Battala in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district on Sunday.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Shahadat Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Kumira Highway Police, said the accident occurred around 6 pm when the bus of 'CDM Paribahan' crashed into the covered van, leaving four people dead on the spot and 21 others injured.

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Among the injured, one died on the way to Sitakunda Health Complex.

On information, a firefighting unit and police rushed to the spot and started the rescue operation.

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