The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Jagannath Dighi Union’s Gangra area around 5:30 am on Sunday, said Miarbazar Highway Police SI Manzurul Alam.
The dead have been identified as Anwar from Satkhira and Hashi Khadeja, Aslam Molla, Salam Mia and China from Khulna.
According to SI Manzurul Alam, the bus was headed from Khulna to the Maizbhandar Darbar Sharif in Chattogram’s Phatakchari when it crashed into the back of a parked truck.
“The truck was carrying steel beams, some of which were sticking out quite a distance from the back,” he said. “When the accident occurred, the beams went through one side of the bus.”
“Three people were killed on the spot as a result. One died while on the way to the hospital while another passed away at the hospital.”
Police recovered the bodies and sent the wounded to local hospitals, he added.