One killed as picnickers’ bus plunges into ditch

One person was killed and 15 others were injured as a bus carrying jute mill workers on a picnic plunged into a roadside ditch on the Dhaka-Jamalpur Highway at Haridrata in Sadar upazila on Friday.
The deceased was identified as Jamal Pagla, 45, a worker of Sarishabari Alhaj Jute Mills.Quoting witnesses, police said the accident took place in the area at about 7:00 am when a picnic bus carrying the jute mill workers plunged into a roadside ditch, as its driver lost control over the steering, leaving one person dead on the spot and 15 others injured.
The injured were rushed to Jamalpur Sadar hospital and Sarishabari Upazila Health Complex. – UNB