Shawdesh desk:

At least seven people, including six members of a family, were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and an auto-rickshaw in Mulkandi area under Daulatpur upazila of Manikganj on Friday afternoon.

The deceased were identified as Horekrishna Baddhokar, 55, his son Gobinda Baddhokar, 28, his wife, Babita Baddhokar, 25, their daughter Radhe Baddokar, 4, aunt Khushi Baddhokar, cousin Ram Proshad Baddhokar  and CNG driver Jamal Sheikh, 30.

Rezaul Karim, officer-in-charge (OC) of Daulatpur Police Station, said the accident took place on Ghior-Daulatpur regional road at around 2.30 pm.

Of the seven victims, six died on the spot while one breathed his last on the way to a hospital, he said.