UNB :
At least four people were killed and 30 others injured on Sunday afternoon in a road accident on Magura-Jashore highway, police said.
The accident occurred as an overloaded passenger bus fell into a roadside ditch at Ramakantpur area on the highway in Shalikha upazila of Magura.
The deceased were identified as the bus helper Mamun Mia (20) of Langalbad village in Sreepur upazila: Sahiran Nesha (50) wife of Bari Miah of Dighalgram in
Shalikha upazila and Nazma Khatun (32) wife of Harun Miah of Shatkhali village. The fourth dead, a 25-year-old remained unidentified yet but he could be the driver of the bus, said police sources.
Officer-in-charge of Shalikha Police Station Hossain Al Mahmud said the bus carrying extra passengers fell into a ditch at Ramakantpur at around 3 pm as the driver lost control. Fire service members recovered four bodies from the spot.
