Four killed as bus veers off road in Cox’s Bazar

Four people were killed and another was injured as a Dhaka-bound bus fell into a roadside ditch in the district’s Chakaria upazila last night.

The bus overturned and fell into the ditch near Chiringa Highway Police outpost on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway around 10:30pm after the driver lost control, said Habibur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Chakaria Police Station.

The four, including a woman, were killed on the spot.

Police and firefighters recovered the bodies and rescued the injured and other passengers of the bus, the OC said.

The injured was admitted to the local upazila health complex.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.