Dhaka, June 2 -- A fatal road crash has killed five passengers after a car smashed into a stationary truck on the expressway in Faridpur's Bhanga.

The accident occurred at Maligram on the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway around 4am on Tuesday, Shibchar Highway Police chief Mizanur Rahman said.

He said the vehicle was travelling from Dhaka to Jashore when it struck a gas cylinder-laden truck parked by the roadside at high speed.

The impact wedged the car under the truck, killing four people on the spot.

Another passenger, identified only as Rakib, passed away after being rushed to Faridpur Medical College Hospital alongside other injured victims.

The dead were identified as Nurjahan, 50, her 24-year-old son Arif Islam, Ayesha Begum, 28, R...