2 killed, 50 hurt in picnic bus wreck in Gopalganj

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 on Thursday night.

The dead are Sudipta Biswas, 37, assistant teacher of Bangari Secondary School in Jashore's Bagharpara upazila, and Bidyut Biswas, 47, guardian of a student.

Twenty-seven students are now receiving treatment at Jashore General Hospital while three of them were taken to the hospital's Incentive Care Unit, said Akhtaruzzaman, superintendent of the hospital.

Besides, three others, who suffered serious injures, 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.

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 by three buses, 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 at the hospital.

Tamizul Islam Khan, deputy commissioner of Jashore, said the district administration is giving all-out support to the injured.