Five members of the same family were killed on Saturday afternoon after a speeding minibus ran over an easybike (battery-run three-wheeler) in Kaharol upazila of Dinajpur.
The crash occurred around 3pm in front of the Noshipur Wheat Research Centre on the Dinajpur–Doshmail highway.
Police said the identities of the victims were not immediately known.
Kotwali Police Station Officer-in-Charge Md Nuruzzaman said a passenger minibus travelling from the opposite direction lost control and ploughed into the easybike, leaving all five family members inside dead on the spot.
He said police were recovering the bodies and taking them to the station. After completing legal procedures, the bodies will be sent to the morgue for autopsy.
