8 killed in road accident in Bangladesh

At least eight people were killed and 35 injured when two buses collided head-on in northern Bangladesh today.

The accident occurred on the Bogra-Rangpur highway at Gaibandha.

Four were killed on the spot and the rest succumbed to their injuries at a nearby hospital, police station chief Faruk Ahmed was quoted as saying by the Daily Star.

The accident took place when a local bus collided head-on with a Rangpur-bound Hanif Paribahan bus at Boali area on the highway around 4.30 pm, he said.

One bus skidded off the highway into a ditch, Ahmed said.

Several children were among the dead.