11 killed, 5 injured in prepare, bus accident in Bangladesh, says report

At least 11 folks, together with seven college students, had been killed when a minibus they had been travelling in was hit by a prepare at an unmanned stage crossing in Bangladesh’s Chittagong district, in accordance with a media report.

The accident occurred on Friday in Mirsharai Upazila when the minibus carrying college students and the academics of a training centre was hit by the Dhaka-bound Provati Express prepare, the Dhaka Tribune reported on Friday.

Kabir Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mirsharai police station, mentioned that among the many deceased seven had been college students of virtually the identical age and 4 of them had been academics.

“The express rammed into the microbus, dragging it several hundred metres down the railway track. Among the microbus passengers, 11 were killed on the spot while the rest five were badly injured in the incident,” he mentioned.

Anisur Rahman, deputy director of the Chittagong Divisional Office of Fire Service, mentioned the our bodies of the deceased had been recovered from the scene and later within the night handed over to the relations.

“The firefighters recovered the bodies of the deceased from the scene. The injured were rescued and sent to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.”