The accident took place in the city’s Tetultala after a Barishal-bound bus of ‘Durjoy Paribahan’ hit a human hauler. A woman was killed on the spot and 10 others were injured, said Yunus Ali, station officer of Barishal Fire Service.
Police identified those killed in the accident as Shila Haldar, 24, an MA student at Barishal BM College, Manik Shikdar, 40, auto-rickshaw driver Khokon, 35, Sohel 25 and Parvin Begum, 35, her son Taium, 7, of Babuganj upazila and Meherunessa, 50, of Madhabpasha.
Taium died while being taken to Dhaka for better treatment.
Police and fire service officials took the injured to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital where five of the injured died.
Four survivors of the accident — Abdullah, 7, Sumon, 25, Tonny, 17, and Dulal Haldar, 30 — are undergoing treatment at the hospital.