Bus plunge kills 3 in Kishoreganj

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Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj :Three persons, including two of a family, were killed and 25 others wounded when a Habiganj bound bus from Nandail fell into a roadside ditch at Monoharpur under Kuliarchar Upazila on Saturday night.Police said, the accident took place at 1am on Kishoreganj-Bhairab highway as the driver lost control over the steering amid thick fog.The dead were identified as Omeda Khatun,60, Mussamat Tahera Khatun,72 and Jashim Miah,67.At least 50 passengers were travelling by the ill-fated bus from Nandail to Habiganj, Chowdhury Mizan-uz-Zaman, officer-in-charge of Kuliarchar thana said.Ten critically injured passengers were admitted to Bajitpur Jahurul Islam Medical College and Hospital.

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