Five people were killed and another injured after a bus hit a private car on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Boraya Chanpur area in Osmaninagar upazila early Friday.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Mainul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sylhet Highway Police, confirmed the matter.
He said the accident took place around 5:30am when a Cumilla-bound bus of 'Cumilla Transport' hit the Sylhet-bound private car, leaving five people dead on the spot and one injured.
On information, a firefighting unit went to the spot and recovered the bodies.
The injured was taken to a local hospital and the bus involved in the accident has been seized, added the OC.
