Five people were killed and 30 others injured in road accidents in Sonargaon and Fatullah of the city on Friday.

Three people were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a battery-run easy-bike at Masdair under Fatullah Police Station of the city at night.

The deceased could not be identified immediately.

Officer-in-charge of Fatullah Police Station Abdul Malek said the accident took place at about 12:00am when the truck collided with the auto-rickshaw at about 12:00am, leaving three auto-rickshaw passengers dead on the spot and its 10 others injured.

The injured were taken to Sadar Hospital.

In Sonargaon upazila, two people died on the spot and 20 others were injured as a bus carrying a bridal party plunged into a roadside ditch at Nayapur at about 10:00pm.

Police and witnesses said the accident occurred when the Rupganj-bound bus from Gazaria of Munshiganj carrying 25-30 bridal party members fell into the ditch after it collided with a pickup on Madanpur-Joydebpur road.

The injured were taken to different hospitals, including Dhaka Medical College Hospital.