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4 killed as bus plunges into ditch in B'baria
Four people were killed and 25 others injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Monday.
The deceased were identified as Arosh Ali, 65, his grandson Alif Mia, 7 of Shahbazpur village, Moushumi Das, 30 of Habiganj district and Tonoy Kumar Majumdar, son of Setu Majumdar of Nabinagar upazila in Brahmanbaria district.
The accident occurred around 12:30 pm in the Boishamura area when a Brahmanbaria-bound bus of ‘Diganta Paribahan’ from Madhabpur skidded off and plunged into a roadside ditch as its driver lost control over steering, leaving four people dead on the spot and 25 others injured, said Abu Taher Dewan, officer-in-charge of Khatihata Highway Police.
The injured were taken to different hospitals for treatment.
Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway was disrupted for one and a half hours following the accident.
Police could not arrest anyone as the driver and his associate managed to flee the scene, reports UNB.