5 prisoners die in Gazipur road crash

Six people including five prisoners were killed and 14 others injured when a covered-van rammed a human-hauler carrying 13 prisoners in Masterbari area on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur Sadar yesterday.

Of the deceased three were Shohel Rana, 27, Manik Main, 30, prisoners, and the human-hauler driver Manibullah, 28. The identities of others could not be known immediately.