<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">At least five people, including garment factory workers, were dead and ten were injured when a speeding bus ran them over while they were waiting to board another bus on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Trishal upazila, under Mymensingh district, today.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Quoting locals, Main Uddin, officer-in-charge of Trishal Police Station, said a Dhaka-bound bus of ‘SS Travellers’ from Sherpur made a sudden stop at Chelerghat around 7:30 am today, as one of its tyres got punctured.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Passengers of the bus got off and were waiting on the highway for another bus. Around 8 am, a bus arrived at the spot, and they tried to board it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At this time, another bus, speeding on the highway, hit the people standing on the road -- leaving three dead on the spot and 12 injured.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of the injured, two died on the way to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway remained halted for some time after the accident. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>