DHAKA, Jul 23 (NNN-BSS) – At least 17 people were killed and 45 others injured, when a passenger bus veered off the road and fell into a waterbody, in Bangladesh’s Jhalokati district, a senior police official said, yesterday.
The bus fell into the roadside waterbody in the district, about 200 km south of the capital, Dhaka, yesterday, leaving 13 passengers dead on the spot, Muhammed Afruzul Huqe Tutul, the district’s police chief, said.
All the injured were taken to local hospitals and clinics, where four more, later died, said the officer. He said, the death toll might rise, as some of the injured passengers were rescued in critical conditions.
The accident occurred as the driver lost control of the vehicle and plunged into the roadside waterbody, according to the official.– NNN-BSS
