Chattogram, Aug. 18 -- At least five people were killed and three others injured as a speeding pickup van hit a parked covered van in City Gate area under Akbar Shah Police Station of Chattogram district early Monday.

The identities of the victims are yet to be known.

Md Alamgir Hossain, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) in Agrabad, said the accident occurred when the pickup van carrying fishermen crashed into the covered van from behind around 4:55 am.

The accident left four people dead on the spot and four others injured, he said.

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