District correspondent : At least 14 people were killed and five others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup van on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Faridpur on Tuesday.

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Of those, five of the deceased were the members of a same family. They are Farid Master of Faridpur's Boalmari upazila and his daughter, his brother, brother's wife and child.

Locals said all the deceased were the passengers of the pickup van. Primarily assumed that they might have met the accident while returning Dhaka after spending Eid vacation with their dearest ones.

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The deceased hailed from Chhotrakanda and Alfadanga villages in Faridpur's Boalmari upazila.

Police and Fire Service members said the bus belonging to 'Unique Paribahan' was heading towards Magura from Faridpur. And the pickup was going to Dhaka with passengers after Eid.

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Md Salauddin Chowdhury, Karimpur Highway Police Station OC, said 11 died on the spot and three others at Faridpur Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

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