6181

05/10/2025

Woman, 17 hurt in Thakurgaon bus plunge

FT Online | Published: 2019-09-09 20:57:23

A woman was killed and 17 other people were injured when a bus plunged into a ditch  at Sattyapir Bridge in the district town early Monday.

The identity of the deceased could not be known yet.

Quoting witnesses, Ashiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge  of Sadar Police Station, said the accident took place around 4 am when the Panchagarh-bound bus of ‘Hanif Enterprise’ fell off from a bridge and plunged into a road side ditch after hitting an electric pole, leaving the woman dead on the spot.

The injured were taken to local hospital.


Editor & Publisher : Md. Motiur Rahman

Pritam-Zaman Tower, Level 03, Suite No: 401/A, 37/2 Bir Protik Gazi Dastagir Road, Purana Palton, Dhaka-1000
Cell : (+88) 01706 666 716, (+88) 01711 145 898, Phone: +88 02-41051180-81