Five people were killed in a collision between a bus and a battery-run auto-rickshaw at Darvaste of Jaintapur Upazila on Sylhet-Tamabil road around 10 pm on Friday.
The identity of the deceased couldn’t be known immediately.
According to locals, a Jaflong-bound bus was going from Sylhet and collided with a three wheeler (locally called Tomtom) in front of the Sylhet-Tamabil Highway Darvaste Palli Bidyut Office around 10pm, leaving five people dead and several others injured on the spot.
All the deceased were tomtom passengers.
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Jaintapur and Bateshwar fire service personnel with the help of locals are working to rescue the bus that fell into a ditch.
Meanwhile, a long tailback has been seen on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway after the incident.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Jaintapur Police Station Omar Faruk confirmed about the incident and the death number.
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Shyamal Banik, media officer of Sylhet district police, said police rushed to the spot and started rescue operation immediately.