Natore: At least 13 people were killed and 15 others injured in a fatal road crash on Natore-Pabna highway at Kadamchilan in Lalpur upazila on Saturday afternoon.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately, reports the UNB.

The accident took place when a Dhaka-bound bus of ‘Challenger Paribahan’ from Kushtia hit a human-hauler carrying 15 passengers around 4:10pm, leaving 13 passengers of the human-hauler dead on the spot and 15 bus travellers injured, said Biplob Bijay Talukder, superintendent of Natore Police.

Bonpara highway police recovered the bodies.