At least four people were killed and 30 others injured on Sunday afternoon in a road accident on Magura-Jashore highway, police said.
The accident occurred as an overloaded passenger bus fell into a roadside ditch at Ramakantpur area on the highway in Shalikha upazila of Magura.
The deceased were identified as the bus helper Mamun Mia (20) of Langalbad village in Sreepur upazila: Sahiran Nesha (50) wife of Bari Miah of Dighalgram in Shalikha upazila and Nazma Khatun (32) wife of Harun Miah of Shatkhali village.
The fourth dead, a 25-year-old remained unidentified yet but he could be the driver of the bus, said police sources.
Officer-in-charge of Shalikha Police Station Hossain Al Mahmud said the bus carrying extra passengers fell into a ditch at Ramakantpur at around 3 pm as the driver lost control. Fire service members recovered four bodies from the spot.
Locals rescued the injured and took them to Magura and Shalikha hospitals, he said.
Police seized the bus and the bodies were sent to the morgue for autopsy
Source: United News of Bangladesh