MADARIPUR, Mar 12: Six people, including an unidentified woman, were killed and at least 86 injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Faridpur-Barisal Highway in Rajoir Upazila Sunday afternoon. Five of the deceased were identified as Kalam (28), Alkasuddin (52), Ainal Sheikh (50), Alauddin (50), and Shomir Khan (45). Kalam, hailing from Chhayna village in Sadar Upazila of Madaripur district, was the driver of one of the buses. "Five people died instantly when a Barisal-bound bus from Dhaka collided with a Dhaka-bound bus from Madaripur at about 3:00pm," says a firsthand account of the fatal accident. —UNB
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