PV desk : A woman was killed and three others injured after a bus overturned hitting a road divider at Fakirhat area under Sitakunda upazila on Dhaka-Chattogram highway on Satuurday (June 29).
The Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Md Kamal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Sitakunda Police Station,told that the accident took place at around 9:00am as the Feni-bound bus of Starline Service rammed the road divider and overturned.
Witnesses said the driver lost control as he was trying to overtake another vehicle. Passengers were stuck inside the bus. Fire service and locals rescued the trapped passengers from the vehicle.
Abdur Razzak, deputy assistant director (DAD) of Fire Service and Civil Defence, Chattogram said three units from Agrabad Fire Station got engaged in the rescue operation.
One died at the spot. he added.
Chittagong Medical College Hospital sources said three injured persons were brought to the hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, vehicular movement on the busy highway remained halted for around two hours. Police and fire service men managed to move the bus with the help of a wrecker truck around 11:00am.
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