Bus-microbus collision kills 4 in Narsingdi

NARSINGDI, Feb 20: Four people, including a couple, were killed and six others injured as a bus collided with a microbus at Narayanpur in Belabo upazila early Thursday. The deceased were identified as Shahin Mia, 32, his wife Liza, 25, and Shahin's two friends-Raihan, 32, and Pias, 30. The deceased hailed from Sombhopur village in Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj district. Highway police sources said a Sylhet-bound bus of 'Shyamoli Paribahan' collided head-on with a microbus coming from opposite direction on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway around 2:00am, leaving four microbus passengers-Shahin, Liza, Raihan and Pias-dead on the spot and six bus passengers injured. The injured were admitted to Bhairab Upazila Health Complex in critical conditions. — UNB