A bus carrying a madrasa study tour lost control and fell into a roadside pond on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway in Satkania, killing two people and injuring at least 30. Several of the injured are said to be in critical condition.
The accident happened around 4am on Saturday, just after the bus passed the Railbit area before Keranihat in Satkania.
The dead are madrasa teacher Sohana Afroz, 45, and Israfil, 56.
Passengers on another bus on the same study tour said the bus was travelling from Burichang upazila in Cumilla to Cox’s Bazar. It was carrying more than 50 passengers, including teachers and students of Bakshimul Sunnia Islamia Senior Madrasa in Burichang, who were going to Cox’s Bazar on a study tour.
They said local people and workers from a nearby brick kiln came forward after the accident and pulled passengers out of the bus. The injured were sent to hospitals in Keranihat and Chattogram. The two died on the way to hospital.
Nurul Absar, officer-in-charge of Dohazari Highway Police Station, said: “The bus lost control and fell into the pond beside the road. Two people were killed and at least 30 injured. Because it happened around dawn, local people first rescued the injured and took them to hospitals. Highway police then went to the scene and joined the rescue. The bus has been recovered. Legal action is being taken over the incident.”
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