SSC examinees among 10 injured in Dhamrai road crash

At least ten people, including SSC examinees, their guardians and teachers, were injured when a bus carrying them fell into a roadside ditch at Batulia on the Dhamrai-Balia regional road on Tuesday.Thirty three SSC examinees from Ashulia Boshundhara Model School, Ashulia School & College, Ideal School & College and Wisdom School & College, several teachers and guardians, were going to Abbas Ali High School examination center at Kushuria, Dhamrai, said Russell Mollah, officer-in-charge of Kaolipara outpost under Dhamrai police station.
At least ten of them were injured when the bus fell into a roadside ditch after the driver lost control of the steering as soon as the front right tyre got punctured, he said.
Later, local people and members of police rescued the injured people and sent them to the hospital for first-aid, the OC added.
All the examinees sat for the exam after receiving first aid, said Samiul Haque, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), , reports UNB.