At least six people were killed and five others injured in a road accident at Kurni area under Mirzapur upazila on the Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu bridge highway on Friday morning.

The identities of the deceased could not be established immediately.

Officer-in-charge of Gorai highway police outpost Mozaffor Hossein said that the accident took place when a Dhaka-bound vegetable-laden truck hit a standing bus of Seba Classic Paribahan on the spot.

Four people died on the spot while two others died at Mirzapur’s Kumudini Women’s Medical College Hospital. Five others, who were critically injured, were admittedto the hospital.

Four of the bodies were kept at Gorai highway outpost and two bodies were kept at Kumudini Hospital, he added.

Police rescued the bus from the highway and also seized the truck from the spot. They took both the vehicles to the highway office area. Police were not able to detain the truck driver and its staff, the police officer added.

Officer-in-charge of Mirzapur police station Md Saydur Rahman said that the death toll might rise.