2 killed in Sylhet bridge collapse
Two people died and five others were injured as a bailey bridge collapsed in Bishwambarpur upazila of Sunamganj this afternoon.
Identities of the deceased and injured person could not be known immediately. Fire Service and Civil Defence and police rescued the injured and sent them to Sunamganj Sadar Hospital.
The body of one of the victims was recovered till the filing of the report at 7:00pm.
The bailey bridge in Ranabidya area collapsed when a Tahirpur upazila-bound truck carrying steel rod carrying from Dhaka was crossing it around 12:00pm," said Mahbubur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bishwambarpur Police Station.
The bridge collapsed due to the overload of the truck, leaving two dead on spot and five others injured, he told our Moulvibazar correspondent.
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