Three dead, nine injured as bus falls into ditch in Munshiganj

Three people have died and nine others injured after a bus fell into a roadside ditch in Munshiganj’s Sirajdikhan Upazila.

The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Mawa Highway at the Upazila’s Chaltiparha on Wednesday afternoon, said Hasera police outpost In-Charge Sub-Inspector Md Hasan.
 
The identities of the victims were not immediately available.
 
SI Hasan told reporters that three passengers of the Dhaka-bound bus died on the spot when the driver lost control and the vehicle fell into the ditch.
 
There was no water in the ditch, he said, adding that efforts were on to retrieve the bus.
 
Agitated locals had blocked the road for sometime after the accident, halting the flow traffic.
 
But the highway was cleared around 7:30pm, the police official added.