1 killed as oil-tanker hits college bus

A student was killed at Sylhet’s Surma when the college bus she was travelling in was hit by an oil tanker.

Sylhet Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 16 Oct 2014, 06:54 AM
Updated : 16 Oct 2014, 06:57 AM

Forty more were injured when the bus fell into a roadside ditch on the Sylhet-Dhaka Highway at 10am Thursday, South Surma Police OC Morsalin Ahmed told bdnews24.com.

The victim Ruby Begum, 19, is from Jhajhar village. The injured were all students of Nurjahan Memorial Women’s College.

They have been admitted to North East Medical College and Hospital, said the college’s vice-principal Subal Chandra Das.

The oil-tanker from Tajpur hit the college bus from behind and it fell into the ditch, said OC Morsalin. Police and fire service rushed to the site.

Ruby died on way to hospital.

Angry locals set up a blockade on the highway following the crash.

But the oil-tanker quickly fled after hitting the bus, he said.