At least ten people have been killed and 25 injured as a passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Rajapur upazila of Jhalakati on Tuesday afternoon.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. The injured were rushed to Rajapur Health Complex. Of them, nine were shifted to Barisal Medical College Hospital as their condition deteriorated.
Quoting Jhalakati ASP AFM Anwar Hossain, our Barisal Correspondent said: “Eight people were killed and 25 others injured in the accident.”
Rajapur police station Officer-in-Charge told the Dhaka Tribune: “A passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch after the driver of the bus lost his control over the steering near the under construction Rajapur-Biswasbari Bridge around 3:45pm, leaving seven people dead on the spot.”
“Later, one person died at the upazila health complex. The death toll may climb further as some 20 to 25 people received serious injuries.”
Mohammad Abdul Aziz Bepari, deputy assistant director of Jhalakati Fire Service and Civil Defence, said: “We have recovered seven bodies from inside the bus so far. Some passengers are still trapped inside it and the fire fighters are trying to rescue them.”
“We are facing obstacles while conducting the rescue operation as the Barisal-bound bus from Satkhira fell in a way that it cannot be lifted from the ditch easily.”
He also suspected that the death would rise further.
Thursday 25 December 2014
http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/dec/23/7-killed-jhalakathi-bus-plunge
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