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Five people were killed and at least 15 were injured when a Dhaka-bound bus crashed into a mango-laden truck parked in Nurjahanpur area of Ghoraghat upazila on early Saturday.

The accident took place at about 4:20 am on the Dinajpur-Gobindaganj Highway, said Ghoraghat Police Station officer-in-charge Nazmul Haque.


He said the identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

According to the OC, several trucks carrying mangoes were parked at the location.

The bus of Nabil Paribahan, travelling from Panchagarh to Dhaka, lost control and slammed into one of the trucks, he said.

Police and fire service teams rushed to the scene upon receiving information and rescued the injured.

The 15 injured were admitted to a local hospital, the OC added.