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Bus plunge kills 3 in Sirajganj

Tuesday, 17 March 2015



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.