3 killed in Manikganj road accident

Three people were killed and 10 others injured after a bus fell into a roadside ditch in Bakchar area of Singair upazila in Manikganj.

Police identified the deceased as Ridoy Hossain, 28, the bus driver; Anwara Begum, 65, a passenger and Nikhil Sarkar, 25, a pedestrian.

The accident took place Thursday evening around 2pm as the Dhaka-bound Shuktara Paribahan bus fell into a ditch, killing three people on the spot and injuring 10 passengers, said Officer-in-Charge (Investigation) of Singair police station Abul Kalam.

The injured were sent to different hospitals, said the OC.

Road accidents in Bangladesh is still one of the leading causes of deaths as 37,170 people were killed in 26,902 accidents across the country in the last five years.

Besides, 82,758 people were injured in these accidents, according to a report released by Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS), a passenger welfare body, on Wednesday.