8 killed in Barishal road crash

Eight passengers of a bus were killed and 25 others injured as the vehicle rammed into a roadside tree after losing control in Shanuar area of Wazirpur upazila in Barishal.

The accident took place on Dhaka-Barishal highway at Shanuar area at around 5:30 am on Sunday.

Officer in charge of Wazirpur police station Ali Arshad told Prothom Alo that the bus was heading to Bhandaria from Dhaka. The vehicle was severely damaged as it lost control and hit a roadside tree in Shanuar area.

He said, police and fire service members went to the spot and sent the injured to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital where seven of them succumbed to their injuries. Fire service members have been trying to recover another body lying inside the bus.

The identities of the victims are not known yet.