Staff Reporter :
At least six persons were killed and 25 others injured when a Comilla-bound passenger bus of ‘Jhumur Transport’ plunged into a water body at Jinglatoli under Daudkandi upazila of Comilla district on Saturday.
Of the deceased, five were identified as Md Shahjahan, 40, Enamul Haque, 60, Md Babu, 18, Faruk Hossain, 22, and Atiar Hossain, 48. All of them were the inhabitants of Dimla Upazila in Nilphamari district, police said.
Daudkandi Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdul Awal said, “The driver of the bus
lost its control over the steering and the bus plunged into roadside ditch at about 5:00am, leaving five passengers dead on the spot and 24 others injured.”
Of the injured, one succumbed to his injuries on way to Gouripur Health Complex, the Police official said.
Soon after the incident, police and two Fire Service units from Daudkandi went to the spot and rescued the injured people, the OC said.
Three of the injured were admitted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital while others taken to Comilla Medical College and Hospital and Gouripur Health Complex, he said.
The bodies had been kept at Comilla Medical College and Hospital for autopsy.
At least six persons were killed and 25 others injured when a Comilla-bound passenger bus of ‘Jhumur Transport’ plunged into a water body at Jinglatoli under Daudkandi upazila of Comilla district on Saturday.
Of the deceased, five were identified as Md Shahjahan, 40, Enamul Haque, 60, Md Babu, 18, Faruk Hossain, 22, and Atiar Hossain, 48. All of them were the inhabitants of Dimla Upazila in Nilphamari district, police said.
Daudkandi Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdul Awal said, “The driver of the bus
lost its control over the steering and the bus plunged into roadside ditch at about 5:00am, leaving five passengers dead on the spot and 24 others injured.”
Of the injured, one succumbed to his injuries on way to Gouripur Health Complex, the Police official said.
Soon after the incident, police and two Fire Service units from Daudkandi went to the spot and rescued the injured people, the OC said.
Three of the injured were admitted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital while others taken to Comilla Medical College and Hospital and Gouripur Health Complex, he said.
The bodies had been kept at Comilla Medical College and Hospital for autopsy.
