At least 11 people were killed and 10 others injured as a bus skidded and fell into a roadside ditch at Ullapara upazila in Sirajganj district on Wednesday.
The accident took place around 12:30pm when a bus of M K Paribahan plunged into a water-filled ditch in Raninagar area on the Sirajganj-Pabna Highway, leaving 11 passengers dead on the spot, Officer-in-Charge of Solonga Police Station Obaidul Haque told .
The injured were admitted to Sirajganj Sadar Hospital and other local clinics.
Abdur Rahman, a station officer of Ullapara Fire Brigade, said they recovered 11 bodies from the spot.
Six of the deceased were identified as Aiyub Ali (32), son of Noor Hossain of Chakbirampur village of Royganj upazila in Sirajganj, Mohammad Alam (30), son of Abdul Sheikh of Kurigati village of Dhunat upazila in Bogra district, Chan Mohammad (36), son of Shamsul Sheikh, Abdur Razzak (20), son of late Abdus Samad, Shah Alam (22), son of Abul Kashem, and Golam Hossain (22), son of Abdul Ali of the same village.
OC Obaidul Haque said that all the deceased were farm workers who cut paddy during the Boro season. The victims were going to Pabna from Sirajganj.
Eight bodies have been handed over to their relatives while three others have been kept at the Hatikumrul Highway Police Outpost.
Preparation was underway to file a case, the police officer added.
The accident took place around 12:30pm when a bus of M K Paribahan plunged into a water-filled ditch in Raninagar area on the Sirajganj-Pabna Highway, leaving 11 passengers dead on the spot, Officer-in-Charge of Solonga Police Station Obaidul Haque told .
The injured were admitted to Sirajganj Sadar Hospital and other local clinics.
Abdur Rahman, a station officer of Ullapara Fire Brigade, said they recovered 11 bodies from the spot.
Six of the deceased were identified as Aiyub Ali (32), son of Noor Hossain of Chakbirampur village of Royganj upazila in Sirajganj, Mohammad Alam (30), son of Abdul Sheikh of Kurigati village of Dhunat upazila in Bogra district, Chan Mohammad (36), son of Shamsul Sheikh, Abdur Razzak (20), son of late Abdus Samad, Shah Alam (22), son of Abul Kashem, and Golam Hossain (22), son of Abdul Ali of the same village.
OC Obaidul Haque said that all the deceased were farm workers who cut paddy during the Boro season. The victims were going to Pabna from Sirajganj.
Eight bodies have been handed over to their relatives while three others have been kept at the Hatikumrul Highway Police Outpost.
Preparation was underway to file a case, the police officer added.
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