Road accident kills 6 on Dhaka-Barishal highway
An ambulance, which collided head-on with a covered van, was carrying the body of a three-day old infant girl, her parents and other relatives
Six people, including an ambulance driver, have been killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Barishal highway in Barishal.
The accident occurred in Wazirpur area on Wednesday afternoon when an ambulance heading towards Barishal from Dhaka collided head-on with a covered van, leaving all six passengers dead on the spot, said Ziaul Ahasan, officer-in-charge of Uzirpur Police Station.
The ambulance was carrying the body of a three-day-old infant girl who died on Tuesday night. Her parents and other relatives were taking the body to their village home at Baukathi under Jhalakathi sadar for burial.
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The bodies of the victims are being kept at the Uzirpur Police Station, and will be sent to Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital morgue on Thursday morning for autopsy.
Police have seized the covered van and filed a case over the incident.
