2 killed, 50 hurt in picnic bus wreck in Gopalganj
![](https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/big_202/public/images/2023/02/10/benapole_photo-students_picnic_bus_accident-2_killed_-50_injured_-10.02.23.jpg)
Two people, including a teacher, were killed and 50 others were injured after a picnic bus from Jashore hit a roadside tree in Goplaganj's Kashiani last night.
The deceased were identified as Sudipta Biswas, 37, assistant teacher of computer lab of Bangari Secondary School in Bagharpara upazila of Jashore and Bidyut Biswas, 47, a guardian, reports our Benapole correspondent.
Twenty-seven students are now receiving treatment at Jashore General Hospital while three critically of them were taken to the hospital's Incentive Care Unit, said Dr Akhtaruzzaman, superintendent of the hospital.
Besides, three others seriously injured were sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for better treatment, said the doctor.
Police and students said the school authorities arranged an annual educational excursion to visit the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Gopalganj's Tungipara yesterday.
Over 200 people, including students, teachers, school managing committee members and staffers, joined the tour.
The accident happened around 12:00am when they were returning home from Gopalganj on three buses last night, said Taijul Islam, officer-in-charge of Jashorte Kotwali Police Station.
The OC said one of three buses tried to overtake another bus at Kashiani in Gopalganj and hit a roadside tree after its driver lost control over the steering, leaving Bidyut dead on the spot and 51 people injured.
Sudipta died soon after he was taken to Jashore General Hospital, said Saiful Islam, a physician of the hospital.
Tamizul Islam Khan, deputy commissioner of Jashore, said the district administration is giving all kinds of support for the treatment of the injured.
Comments