Road accident kills 3 in Bhola
32 passengers were injured
Local people search for survivors from the turned over bus that fell in a roadside pond in Borhanuddin upazila of Bhola Wednesday evening. The accident killed three passengers and left 32 injured. Photo: Star
At least three people were killed and 32 injured when a bus ditched in a roadside pond on Bhola-Char Fassion highway in Bhola on Wednesday.
The deceased passengers are: Mihir Chandra Dey, 35, from Borhanuddin upazila; Parvez, 30, from Tazumuddin upazila and Abdur Razzak, 24 from Lalmohan upazila.
The accident occurred around 6:00pm when the bus of Mirza Kalu Transport lost control over the steering and fell into the pond in Khayerhat area of Borhanuddin upazila, reports our Bhola correspondent quoting Mahfuzur Rahaman, assistant superintendent of police (ASP).
Duty doctors of Bhola Sadar Hospital declared the three critically injured passengers dead after they were rushed to the hospital, the ASP said.
The injured were receiving treatment in Borhanuddin Medical Complex and Sadar hospital, the ASP also added.
The driver and the supervisor of the bus have escaped after the incident, he said.
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