By way of Sahidul Hasan Khokon: As many as 17 other folks had been killed and greater than a dozen others had been injured after a bus plunged right into a roadside pond in Chhatrakanda house of Jhalakathi Sadar upazila in Bangladesh on Saturday.
There have been seven minors and 5 girls a number of the sufferers.
The Barishal-bound bus from Bhandaria upazila to Pirojpur fell into the pond as its motive force misplaced keep an eye on of the wheels close to the native union parishad workplace at round 9.55 am whilst giving facet to an auto rickshaw, Jhalakathi Sadar police station Officer-in-Rate Nasir Uddin stated.
No less than 35 passengers had been injured within the coincidence and had been taken to Jhalakathi District Medical institution.
Native firefighting gadgets are looking to recuperate the bus from the water frame. The bus ‘Bashar Smrity Paribahan’ was once sporting round 60-70 passengers, consistent with locals.
Rescue employees recovered 13 our bodies from the scene, whilst 4 others died within the health center, consistent with Dr Zahirul Islam, the district’s civil surgeon.
Some of the injured, 5 were despatched to Barishal’s Sher-e-Bangla Scientific Faculty Medical institution, he stated. The others were admitted to native healthcare amenities.
Visitors at the Khulna-Jhalakathi freeway was once closed after the incident, leaving masses of automobiles stranded on each and every facet.