Narsingdi: Twelve people, including five women and two children, were killed and six others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus at Darikandi on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Belabo upazila of Narsingdi on Sunday morning.

Of the deceased, eight people were identified as Manik Miah, 45, his wife Mafia, 35, their son Antor, 8, Hashem Miah, 30, Hira, 32, Jannat, 38, Maruf, 30, and Fatema, 30, all residents of Chhatirchar village in Nikli upazila of Kishoreganj.

Badrul Alam Khan, officer-in-charge of Belabo Police Station, said the fatal accident took place around 7:30am when the Dhaka-bound bus of 'Agradut Paribahan' coming from Habiganj collided with the microbus coming from opposite direction, leaving 11 passengers of the microbus dead on the spot and six others injured.

The injured were taken to Bhairob Upazila Health Complex from where four were shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) following deterioration of their condition.

Fatema succumbed to her injures at the DMCH at noon.

Police also seized the bus but its driver and helper managed to flee the scene.

The district administration formed a one-member investigation committee headed by additional district magistrate Mohammad Mojammel Haque on Sunday afternoon.