Five people were killed in a head on collision between a cement-laden truck and a private car on a bypass road at Labanchara thana in Khulna on Sunday night.
Of the deceased, two were identified as the private car driver Sadman and passenger Mahmud Hasan Babu.
Police seized the truck but its driver and helper managed to flee away from the spot.
Md Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Labanchara Police Station, said a cement-laden truck collided head-on with a private car in the area at 10:45 pm. At that time, four passengers of the car and a mentally-challenged pedestrian were killed on the spot.
The bodies were sent to Khulna Medical College and Hospital for autopsy, the OC added.