Faridpur bus crash driver held
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Driver of the Faridpur bus accident that left 25 people dead was arrested from Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital in Barisal this afternoon.
Zakir Hossain was arrested around 2:30pm, reports our Barisal correspondent.
A case was filed against Zakir by Mominur Rahman,said assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Bhanga Police station on April 9.
The accused was being taken to Faridpur Judicial Magistrate Court, said the OC.
On April 9, twenty-five people were killed and 23 injured as the Barisal-bound bus from Dhaka lost control and hit a roadside tree before plunging into a ditch on Dhaka-Barisal highway in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur.
According to police, the bus was speeding and trying to overtake another when the accident occurred around 1:15am at Koidubi Sadardi, some 35km from Faridpur town.
Twenty-two passengers of the ill-fated bus of Sonartari Paribahan died on the spot and three at Faridpur Medical College Hospital.
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