Three killed, at least 15 injured as bus overturns in Lakshmipur
Three people, including a woman, have been killed after a passenger bus overturned in Chandraganj, Lakshmipur. At least 15 others were injured in the accident, and the condition of several of them is said to be serious.
The accident happened at around 11:30am on Monday (November 9) in the Charchamita area of Chandraganj upazila on the Lakshmipur-Noakhali highway. The identities of the deceased were not immediately known.
Police and eyewitnesses said that at around 11am on Monday, a bus of Ananda Paribahan carrying 30 to 35 passengers left the Choumuhani bus terminal for Lakshmipur.
When the bus reached the Charchamita Bazar area of Chandraganj, it fell into a pothole on the road and overturned.
Two men and one woman died on the spot. At least 15 people were injured in the accident.
Local people and police later rescued the victims and took them to Lakshmipur Sadar Hospital.
Zahurul Islam Rony, the duty doctor at Sadar Hospital, said three people were brought to the hospital dead in the road accident.
At least 15 people arrived injured. Several of them have been sent to Noakhali and Dhaka for better treatment.
Md. Adel Akbar, Officer-in-Charge of Chandraganj Highway police station, confirmed the accident, saying three people were killed when the bus overturned.
At least 15 people were injured in the incident, he said, adding that the injured were rescued and taken to Sadar Hospital.
