Four die as bus falls into ditch in Magura

Four people died as a bus with around 30 passengers on board fell into ditch near the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Magura.
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Four people died as a bus with around 30 passengers on board fell into a ditch near the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Magura.

The incident took place at around 2:45pm on Sunday in Ramkantopur of Salikha upazila in the district.

Three of four deceased have been identified so far. They are Nazma Khatun (32), wife of Md Harun of Salikha’s Satokhali village, Tohiran Begum, wife of Rakib Biswas of Dhigal village and Mamun, a resident of Sreepur upazila.

However, police couldn’t identify a body of a man around 25 years old. A 14-year-old boy injured in the accident was taken to Magura hospital for treatment.

Salikha police station officer-in-charge Hossain Al Mahbub told Prothom Alo that the bus carrying 30 passengers was en route Magura from Jashore. But the bus fell into a ditch in Ramkantopur as the driver lost control.