Bus mishap leaves six dead in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Aug 15 (IBNS): A Cox Bazaar-bound picnic bus veered out of control in Feni and slammed into a roadside tree and left six people killed in Bangladesh, media reports said on Thursday.
The bus was on its way to the Cox Bazaar from Dhaka city.
The incident took place at the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Lemua area of Feni Sadar Upazila at 7am on Thursday, Feni Mohipal Highway OC Md Shahjahan Khan told bdnews24.
Twelve bus passengers have been injured in the accident, he told the newsportal adding that fire service personnel have rescued and sent them to Feni Modern Sadar Hospital.
Fire service and Civil Defense and police personnel went to the spot after the mishap.
The identities of those killed in the incident is not known so far.
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