Five people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus crashed into a tree by Dhaka-Mawa highway in Sreenagar upazila on Saturday. Three of the deceased were identified as Lion Master, 30, of Tongipara in Gopalganj district, Khalilur Rahman, 33, of Uttar Khanpur of Bagerhat district, and Moin Khan, 28, an officer of Balasur branch of Bangladesh Krishi Bank in Sreenagar upazila and son Jalil Khan of Brahmankhola of the upazila. Officer-in-charge of Sreenagar Police Station Sahidur Rahman said the Mawa-bound bus of ‘Tongipara Express’ from Dhaka hit the roadside tree at Kewatkhali in the afternoon as its driver lost control over the steering, leaving five people dead on the spot and 30 others injured. On information, a fire brigade team rushed in and fished out the bodies from the bus.– Munshiganj, July 2 (UNB)
