2 killed as bus overturns in Gazipur

Two people including a student were killed when a bus overturned on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Membarbari in Gazipur city on Monday, UNB reports.

One of the deceased was identified as Kona, 20, son of Mostafa Kamal of Sripur upazila while the identity of another one could not be known immediately.

Quoting witnesses, Kamal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Mawna Highway Police Station, said the accident occurred around 10:15 am as the Gazipur-bound bus of ‘Soukhin Paribahan’ from Mymensingh skidded off the road and overturned after its driver lost control over the steering, leaving two people dead on the spot.

Kona met the tragic death while going to sit for an exam at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agriculture University in Salna.

On information, police recovered the bodies.