At least eight people were killed and 30 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Samaddar in the Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon. Three of the deceased were identified as Hiralal Baroi, 60, a resident of Narkulia village in Ujirpur upazila of Barisal district, Ali Hossain, 50, of Natun Bazar of the same district, Sufia Begum, 50, of Parabunia village of Jhalakati district and Titu, 40, a resident of Dhaka. Superintendent of police of Madaripur district Sarwar Hossain said a Barisal bound-bus of ‘Subarna Paribahan’ from Dhaka skidded off the road and fell into a ditch breaking the railing of a bridge around 2:30pm, leaving at least five people dead on the spot and 30 others injured. Later, three more people succumbed to their injuries at Madaripur Sadar Hospital, the SP added. — Madaripur, May 27 (UNB)
