RAJSHAHI, Aug 15 (UNB): At least three people including a schoolgirl were killed and four others injured when a bus ploughed through a bookshop at Naudapara in the city on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Anika, 13, a student of Shah Makhdum School and daughter of Rustam of Bharalipara, Ismail Hossain, 24, son of Ismail and Sabuj Islam, 32, son of Mohammad Ali.
The accident took place at around 11:00am when a Rajshahi-bound bus of 'Arobengal Paribahan' from Naogaon ploughed through a shop named 'Labiba Library' as its driver lost his control over the steering after hitting a motorbike, leaving three people killed on the spot and four others injured, said Zillur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Shah Makhdum Police Station.
The injured were taken to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
Later, locals put up a barricade on Rajshahi-Naogaon road protesting the incident, disrupting traffic movement.
On information, police went there and seized the bus, the OC added.
Rajshahi mishap kills three
FE Team | Published: August 15, 2018 21:00:40
Rajshahi mishap kills three
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