Road crash kills couple in Manikganj

A man and his wife were killed in a road accident when returning home from shopping for puja on Friday, reports UNB.

The deceased were named as Ganesh Sonnyasi and Kolpona Ganesh Sonnyasi.

At least 25 passengers were also injured in the accident.

Highway police and Fire Service sources said Gonesh and his wife, residents of Shibalaya upazila, died when an Aricha-bound bus from Manikganj fell into a roadside ditch at Tora area of Ghior upazila on Dhaka-Manikganj highway around 6:00pm.

The police and fire service conducted rescue operation with the help of the locals on information, UNB quoted Arifur Rahman, sub-inspector of Borongol highway police outpost, as saying.

The injured were taken to Manikganj district hospital but the couple succumbed to their injuries on the way.

The other injured are being treated at the hospital.