Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - At least six people were killed and 25 injured when a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in the country’s northern Rangpur district early Wednesday, police said.
The accident occurred around 5:30am (local time) when a Badarganj-bound bus fell into a roadside ditch on Rangpur-Badarganj road while giving side to a microbus coming from opposite direction, a police official of Kotwali Police Station said, adding that all six passengers died on the spot.
The injured were rushed to Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
BBN/ANS/SI-07Dec11-10:54 am (BST)