Road mishap kills 3
Three people were killed and 15 others injured after a truck hit a bus and pushed it into a roadside ditch early yesterday.
The deceased are: Khalid Hossain (21), Iliyas Ali (22), and Easin Ali (30).
The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Sirajganj highway in Talukderbazar area of Kamarkhand upazila around 4am. The bus was returning from a reiligious gathering in Naogaon carrying around 50 students and teachers of a madrasa, OC of Bangabandhu Bridge West Zone Police Station Sayed Shahid Alam said. The accident left two students dead on the spot and 16 others injured, the OC added. The injured were taken to Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib 250-bed General Hospital, where doctors declared Easin Ali dead.
Police seized the truck but its driver fled.
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