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ACCIDENT-BAGERHAT
Six killed in Bagerhat road accident
BAGERHAT, May 18, 2019 (BSS) – At least six people were killed and 15
others injured as a bus hit a roadside tree in Faltita-Kakdanga area under
Fakirhat upazila of the district on Saturday morning.
The accident occurred in the area at about 9:15am when the bus carrying
passengers from Rupsha to Mollahat hit the tree after the driver lost control
over the steering, leaving five dead on the spot and 16 others injured, said
Abu Zihad, officer-in-charge of Fakirhat police station.
Police identified three of the victims as Hekmat Ali Biswas, 45, of
Bagerhat Sadar upazila, Kuddus Sarder, 60, a resident of Koira police station
and bus driver Farhad Sheikh, 45, a resident of Rupsa upazila in Khulna
district.
The injured were taken to Khulna Medical College Hospital and Fakirhat
upazila health complex.
One of them later died at the health complex, added the OC.
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