Eleven people, including women and children, were killed and several others injured in a road accident in Sadar upazila of Jhalakathi on Wednesday afternoon.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
The incident occurred at Gabkhan Bridge Toll Plaza around 2 pm.
Afruzul Haque Tutul, superintendent of the district police, said a truck hit a microbus and an auto-rickshaw around 2 pm after its driver lost control over steering and later, it and the two vehicles plunged into a ditch, leaving 11 dead and several others injured.
Later, the injured were taken to Sadar Hospital where the on-duty doctors declared one dead.
However, some of the injured were sent to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital, Barishal for better treatment.
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