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April
23, 2000
Sirajganj,
Apr 22 (UNB) – One passenger was killed and 37 others were injured
falling down from the roof top of a Borga-bound bus at the west end of
Bangabandhu Bridge today (Saturday).
Witnesses
and police said the accident took place at about 12-30 pm as the
driver of the bus of SM
Transport Lines lost control over steering and hit a roadside poll, a
few metres from the west end of the bridge. Some 120 passengers on the
rooftop fell on the ground under the impact of the accident.
A
37-year-old unidentified passenger was killed on the spot and 37
received injuries, 10 critically.
The
injured were admitted to the Sadar Hospital. Of them, condition of
Mohsin, 20, Aminur, 35, and Karim, 34, were stated to be critical.
Driver
and his helper managed to escape the scene.
Police
seized the vehicle. A case was filed with Bangabandhu Bridge West
thana.
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