UNB, Dhaka: Four people were killed and 20 others injured when a bus with a group of garment workers on board overturned on the Tangail-Mymensingh Road near Pouli bridge in
Kalihati upazila early Friday.
The deceased were identified as Asma Begum, 40, wife of Firoz,
Mominur Rahman, 40, son of Karim Uddin, Asadul Habib, 15, son of
Abbas Ali, and Ripon, 30, son of Siddik Ali-all hailing from Patgram
upazila in Lalmonirhat district.
Jahangir Alam, Elenga highway traffic sergeant, said the accident
took place around 4:15 am when a Gazipur-bound `Prabhati Banasree
Paribahan` bus carrying a group of garment factory workers skidded
off the road as its driver lost control over the wheels, leaving four
of them killed on the spot and 20 others injured.
They met the accident while going to their workplace in Shafipur
after hiring a bus from Patgram of Lalmonirhat.
The injured were rushed to Tangail Medical College Hospital.
