At least 13 people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and an engine-run vehicle at Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga on Sunday morning.
Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The accident took place in Joyrampur area around 6:30am, said Mesbah Uddin, sub-inspector of Damurhuda police station.
The victims being carried by the engine-run vehicle (locally known as Bhatbhati) were day-labourers by profession, he said. Eight of them died on the spot while injured 12 others were taken to Chuadanga General Hospital and Damurhuda Upazila Health Complex, the police official said.
-AA Correspondent, Chuadanga
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