BSS-15 10 killed in Natore road accident

546

ZCZC

BSS-15

ACCIDENT-NATORE

10 killed in Natore road accident

NATORE, Aug 25, 2018 (BSS) – At least ten people were killed and several
others injured as a passenger bus collided head-on with human hauler (leguna)
on Natore-Pabna highway in Baraigram upazila of Natore this afternoon.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Highway police OC GM Shamsun Noor said the accident occurred when a speeding
bus collided with the human hauler coming from the opposite direction in
Kadamchilan area on the highway. After hitting the leguna the bus plunged into
a roadside ditch.

The injured were admitted to Natore Sadar Hospital and nearby clinics.

Police and firefighters from Natore fire station recovered the bodies from the
spot.

BSS/CORR/PI/ARS/1825 hrs