Tragedy struck on Tuesday morning as a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup truck on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Kanaipur union, Faridpur Sadar upazila, resulted in the death of at least 13 individuals.

Eyewitnesses and police sources revealed that a Magura-bound Unique Paribahan bus crashed into a Dhaka-bound pickup, instantly claiming the lives of 11 individuals, including a woman. Two others succumbed to their injuries after being transported to the hospital, as per reports from UNB.

Additionally, three individuals remain hospitalized in critical condition.

Officer-in-Charge Md Salauddin Chowdhury of the Karimpur highway police station stated that the identities of the deceased have yet to be determined.

Authorities suspect that a family had rented the pickup and was returning to Dhaka following the Eid holidays.