Road crash claims 4 lives in Faridpur

Four people, including three women, were killed and 24 more injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Khulna highway at Bagail in Faridpur's Bhanga upazila yesterday.

The accident happened around 12:00 noon, said police, quoting locals.

The dead are Rashid Mollah, 58, of Chuadanga's Jibonnagar upazila, and Jahanara Begum, 48, of Faridpur's Nagarkanda upazila, said police.

Mohammad Omar Faruq, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Highway Police Station, said rest of the two could not be identified immediately.

According to the police official, a Barishal-bound bus of Duranta Paribahan hit a roadside island in the area as its driver lost control of the vehicle.

Three people died on the spot whereas another was declared dead by on-duty doctors of Faridpur Medical College Hospital after he was taken there around 1:30pm, the police official said.

Of the 24 injured, 14 were sent to the hospital whereas rest of them were admitted to Bhanga Upazila Health Complex, he added.

The driver and other staffers of the bus escaped the scene after the accident. Police managed to seize the bus and took it into custody.