Rangpur, Dec 7 — At least six people have been killed and 20 injured when a bus plunged into a roadside pond at Najirerhat in Rangpur.
The bus packed with devotees was returning from Jor Ijtema, a preparation of the Tablig Jamat's Ijtema congregation at Tongi, on Wednesday, Kotwali Police Station sub-inspector Selim Haider told bdnews24.com.
Four of the deceased were identified as Asad Ali, 55, Sadek Ali, 42, and Kafil Uddin, 40, from Rangpur and Rezaul Islam, 45, from Darshana.
The injured, who were admitted to the Rangpur Medical College Hospital, said four passengers of the Rangpur-bound Chishtia Paribahan died on the spot when the driver had lost control around 5am.
Two of the injured succumbed to their injuries later, they said.
There had been 86 passengers including many on the roof, the police official said.
Police suspected that over-speeding and overloading could be the reason behind the accident.
bdnews24.com
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