Four people died when a speeding bus hit a cycle van on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur city on Saturday morning.
The identities of the deceased are yet to be ascertained.
The accident took place in the Telipara area at about 8:00am when the bus of Basumoti Paribahan rammed into the van, leaving all its three occupants and a pedestrian dead on the spot, said officer-in-charge of Bashan police station, Malek Khasru.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to a local hospital morgue for post-mortem examinations.
‘Efforts are on to nab the bus driver who fled the spot after the accident,’ said the OC.
