ZOOMBANGLA DESK: At least four people were killed and 18 others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway in Shologhar area of Shreenagar upazila in Munshiganj on Thursday morning.

Three of the deceased were identified as Hajera Begum, 50, Saiful Islam, 30, and Arif, 23.

Hasara Highway Police acting officer-in-charge Molla Zakir Hossain, quoting witnesses, said that the accident took place at about 9:00am as a Shariatpur-bound bus of Padma Travels hit a truck from behind, leaving Hajera and Saiful dead on the spot.

The injured were sent to Shologhar Health Complex where Arif and another unidentified woman died from their critical injuries, said the hospital’s emergency department doctor Farhana.

Four of the injured were sent to Dhaka as they were in a critical condition, she added.

Munshiganj police superintendent Mahfuz Al Mamun said that the bodies of Hajera and Saiful were handed over to their families.