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4 killed, 19 injured in Sirajganj bus crash

Accidents 2021-12-31, 5:23pm

Bus crash in Sirejganj leaves 4 dead, 19 injured on Friday.



Sirajganj, Dec 31 – Four people were killed and 19 others injured as a bus overturned on a three-wheeler at Salanga on Hatikumrul-Bonpara highway of Sirajganj district.

Officer-in-charge (OC) of Hatikumrul Highway Police Lutfar Rahman said the bus on its way to Dhaka from Rajshahi lost control near Goja Bridge on the highway around 10 am and hit the battery-run van.

He said four van passengers, including a woman, were killed on the spot and 19 others injured, three critically.

The deceased could not be identified yet, the OC said. UNB