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Four killed as bus overturns in Gopalganj

Monday, 29 July 2019


Four people were killed and 21 others injured as a bus overturned at Vatiapara intersection in Kashiani upazila on Dhaka-Khulna highway on Monday.

The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.

Md Azizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Kashiani Police Station, said the bus overturned on the road as its driver lost control over the steering and hit a stationary truck in the area at 11:30am, leaving two people dead on the spot.

Two of the injured died on way to hospital, according to a UNB report.

Fire Service and Police rescued other injured passengers and admitted them to Kashiani Upazila Health Complex, while five severely injured were taken to Faridpur Medical College and Hospital.