Two die in Jashore as bus ploughs into pedestrians

A bus has run over and killed a man and a child in Jashore’s Jhikargacha upazila.

Jashore Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 24 Sept 2019, 07:07 AM
Updated : 24 Sept 2019, 07:07 AM

The incident took place in Benapole-Jhikargachha highway in Mollickpur area at 8am on Tuesday.

The two have been identified as Tauba, 8, and Tariqul Islam, 42.

A Benapole-bound bus from Jashore veered out of control and ran over the two pedestrians on the side of the road, said Navaron Highway Police Outpost Inspector Titu Kumar Nath.