Thirteen home-bound passengers have died and many more injured when three vehicles carrying them to separate locations met with accidents on Eid day. Noakhali A bus heading for Laxmipur’s Ramganj fell into a ditch at Joyag Union of Nokhali’s Somaimuri Upazila early on Tuesday said Noakhali Superintendant of Police Md Ilias Sharif. Six including three from one family, died and 20 more injured, he said. ‘The driver of the Balaka Express bus lost control of the vehicle at Barkot area and it tumbled into a roadside ditch,” said SP Ilias. Those who died were Selina Akhter, 30, her son Abu Sayed, 8, daughter Kohinoor Begum, 5, and ‘Khokan’. The two others are yet to be identified. Locals in the area have taken the injured to Chatkhil Upazila Health Complex. Bhola A Bhola Transport bus, travelling from Chittagong slipped off the road and fell into a ditch around 6:30 am Tuesday when its driver lost control at Charfashion’s Kortahat, said Charfashion Police SI Saiful. Three died and 25 injured, he said. One among the dead has been identified as ‘Salauddin’. Narayanganj Three riders of a black private car died when it crashed into a ditch at Jalkuri around 6:30 am, Siddhirganj Police Inspector Anisur Rahman has said. The car, he said, was headed from Signboard to Chashara. Those killed were ‘Sumon’, ‘Pintoo’ and ‘Salam’ . Their bodies are at the Narayanganj Sadar morgue. The unusually huge home-going rush during the Eid puts public transport across Bangladesh under much strain and accidents such as those on Tuesday are not uncommon. — bdnews24.com
