2 killed, dozen feared dead in Matoail bus plunge

Staff Correspondent
At least two children were killed and a dozen feared dead when a passenger bus careened off the Della Staff Quarters Road into a deep ditch at Matoail last night, police said. The accident occurred when the driver lost control of the bus, travelling to Gulistan from Chhanpara in Demra with about 30 passengers in it. Witnesses said about 10 people swam ashore.

Fire brigade divers and locals yanked the bus out of water and retrieved the bodies of the children. "All the windows of the bus are closed, but there is no one inside," said Mostafa Kamal, additional deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. Divers and locals are continuing search for other bodies, he said, adding high officials of the police were overseeing the rescue operation.