Cox's Bazar: Four people were killed and five others injured in a road accident at Harbang on Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway in Chakaria upazila on Saturday morning.

The identities of the deceased are yet to be known.

The accident took place when a Cox's Bazar-bound bus of Shyamoli Paribahan collided with two microbuses coming from the opposite direction around 7:30am, leaving three people dead on the spot and six others injured, said Bakhtiar Uddin Chowdhury, officer-in-charge of Chakaria Police Station.

Among the injured, one died on way to hospital.

The other injured were rushed to Chakaria Upazila Health Complex and Chittagong Medical College and Hospital.

Police seized the two vehicles.