UNB, Chandpur :
Two female passengers were killed on the spot and 30 more got injured on Monday, as a bus overturned near Moutabari area on Chandpur-Comilla local highway of Chandpur’s Shahrasti upazila.
The deceased were identified as Biva Rani Dash, 62, from Naora village of Shahrasti upazila and Geeta Rani Bhowmik, 65, from Comilla’s Nimsar area.
Shahrasti police station’s Officer-in-Charge A. Mannan said a Chandpur-bound bus of ‘Bogdad
Transport’ was coming from Comilla carrying 40 passengers.
Around 11pm while crossing a culvert near Moutabari area,the driver lost control and the bus fell in the canal beside.
Locals rushed to rescue the passengers. Informed, Shahrasti station police and Shahrasti-Hajiganj fire service’s rescue team jointly rescued the stuck passengers and immediately sent them to hospital, said OC A. Mannan.
Shahrasti Upazila Health Complex’s doctor Jahanara Aktar said both the female passengers died on the spot. Threepassengers including females are admitted in the hospital with severe injuries.
The hospital emergency department’s assistant informed that 15 passengers from the accident got released after taking primary medications.
At least 484 people were killed and 673 injured in 427 road accidents throughout the country in January this year.
The rate of accidents rose 25.58% and fatalities 8.76% compared to the same period of last year, according to the Road Safety Foundation (RSF).
Two female passengers were killed on the spot and 30 more got injured on Monday, as a bus overturned near Moutabari area on Chandpur-Comilla local highway of Chandpur’s Shahrasti upazila.
The deceased were identified as Biva Rani Dash, 62, from Naora village of Shahrasti upazila and Geeta Rani Bhowmik, 65, from Comilla’s Nimsar area.
Shahrasti police station’s Officer-in-Charge A. Mannan said a Chandpur-bound bus of ‘Bogdad
Transport’ was coming from Comilla carrying 40 passengers.
Around 11pm while crossing a culvert near Moutabari area,the driver lost control and the bus fell in the canal beside.
Locals rushed to rescue the passengers. Informed, Shahrasti station police and Shahrasti-Hajiganj fire service’s rescue team jointly rescued the stuck passengers and immediately sent them to hospital, said OC A. Mannan.
Shahrasti Upazila Health Complex’s doctor Jahanara Aktar said both the female passengers died on the spot. Threepassengers including females are admitted in the hospital with severe injuries.
The hospital emergency department’s assistant informed that 15 passengers from the accident got released after taking primary medications.
At least 484 people were killed and 673 injured in 427 road accidents throughout the country in January this year.
The rate of accidents rose 25.58% and fatalities 8.76% compared to the same period of last year, according to the Road Safety Foundation (RSF).
