Bus plunge kills 3 in Sirajganj

SIRAJGANJ, Mar 16 (UNB): Three people were killed and 25 others injured as a bus plunged into a road side ditch on Dhaka-Bogra highway at Ghurka Kalitala in Salanga upazila on Monday.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

BM Emdadul Haque, officer-in-charge of Hatikumrul Highway Police Station, said the Rangpur-bound bus of 'Saikat Paribahan' fell into a roadside ditch after its driver lost control over the steering around 3pm, leaving three passengers dead on the spot and 25 others injured.

The injured were rushed to a local hospital.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to sadar hospital morgue for autopsy.

A case was filed in this connection.