4 die as car plunges into ditch

Four passengers of a private car were killed as the vehicle plunged into a ditch in Bostol area of Sonargaon upazila in Narayanganj on Saturday morning, reports UNB.

The deceased are Ripon, 32, son of a certain Habu Miah, Momen, 37, son of Mizanur Rahman, Shahidullah, 45, son of Kazem Ali and Raju Miah, 38, son of Zohur Ali, of Boro Fausadi village in Marwardi union of Araihazar upazila.

Police, primarily identified thick fog as the cause of the accident.

The accident took place around 8:30am as the Dhaka-bound car fell into a roadside ditch after the driver lost control over the steering due to dense fog, leaving the four dead on the spot, said Morshed Alam, officer-in-charge of Sonargaon police station.