At least five people were killed and three others were injured as a speeding pickup van hit a parked covered van in City Gate area under Akbar Shah Police Station of Chattogram district on early Monday.
The identities of the victims are yet to be known.
Md Alamgir Hossain, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence in Agrabad, said that the accident took place when the pickup van carrying fishermen crashed into the covered van from behind at about 4:55am.
The accident left four people dead on the spot and four others injured, he said.
On information, a rescue team from Agrabad Police Station rushed to the spot and sent the injured to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where another died from his injuries, said the Fire Service official.
The Akbar Shah Police informed that the fishermen boarding the pickup van were going to Fouzdarhat Sea Beach to net fish, but they failed to provide further details about the victims.