Two more people have died in the road accident in Wazirpur upazila of Barishal, taking the death toll to 10.
The incident took place on Dhaka-Barishal highway at Sanuhar area of the upazila early Sunday.
The identities of the victims could not be known immediately.
Confirming the matter to Jago News, Ali Arshad, Officer-in-charge of Wazirpur Police Station, said a bus of Jamuna Line Paribahan hit a tree in the area after the driver lost his control over the steering around 5:30am.
On information, members of police and fire service rushed to the spot and recovered eight dead bodies from the bus. Apart from, 18-20 injured people were also recovered from it and sent to the upazila health complex and Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMC), the police officer said.
The OC also said, another dead body was recovered from the spot around 9:15am. Later, a passenger of the bus died while undergoing treatment at SBMC.