17 killed in Bangladesh bus crash

No fewer than 17 individuals had been killed and as much as 25 injured on Sunday in Bangladesh after a bus smashed by a freeway fence and plunged right into a roadside ditch, based on police.

Police mentioned they suspected the driving force misplaced management at 8:00 am (0200 GMT) and hit the railing of a not too long ago constructed main expressway, sending the bus tumbling 30 ft (10 metres) into the ditch.

“Seventeen individuals have died within the accident. The injured had been despatched to hospitals within the area,” native police chief Masud Alam instructed AFP after the crash within the southern district of Shibchar.

Street accidents are frequent in Bangladesh on account of previous and badly maintained automobiles and roads, in addition to poorly skilled drivers.

A freeway accident monitor mentioned a file 9,951 individuals had been killed in street accidents in Bangladesh final yr.

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