Eight people were killed and nine others injured as oil tanker rammed into a human hauler at Garadah in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj district on Tuesday morning.

Of the deceased, five were identified as--Makbel, Banya, Rajufa, Anjana and Sobhan.

Hatikumrul Highway Police Station OC Kader Jilani said, the accident took place when the Baghabari-bound oil tanker smashed the three-wheeler, locally known as Nosimon, on the Bogra-Nagarbari highway around 6:15am, leaving five people dead on the spot and 12 others injured.

Later, three others died at Sirajganj General Hospital.

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