Nine people were killed and 14 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Jhenaidah's Kaliganj upazila this afternoon.
The number of deaths may increase, our local correspondent reports quoting Sheikh Mamunur Rashid, station officer at Fire Service and Civil Defence office in Kaliganj.
Of the deceased, two were identified as Reshma Khatun, 25, of Chuadanga Sadar, and Uzzal Hossain, 48, of Magura.
The identity of the others could not be known immediately.
The accident occurred in Barbazar area around 3:00 pm when a bus bound for Jhenaidah collided head-on with a truck, which was heading to Jashore, said Mahfuzur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police Station.
Nine people were killed on the spot as the bus overturned on the road, the official said.
Another person, aged around 25, died at a local clinic after he and other injured were taken to different hospitals, the official added.
