At least four people were killed and nine others were injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge Highway at Dulla Munsur under Mirzapur upazila in Tangail on early Saturday.

Identities of deceases could not be known yet.

Officer-in-charge of Gorail highway police station Mollah Tutul said that the accident took the place when a Dhaka-bound bus hit a parked sand-laden truck from the back.

The accident left three people dead on the spot and 10 others injured, he said.

He said that the injured ones were taken to Mirzapur Kumudini Medical College Hospital where one more died while undergoing treatment.

After the accident, Dhaka-bound traffic movement became standstill for two hours, causing huge suffering to Dhaka bound working people.

After that, police wreckers managed to remove both the smashed vehicles from the highway, the OC said.

He said that the traffic movement resumed at about 6:45am.