Sirajganj, July 20 (UNB) – A man was killed and 21 others were injured as a bus drove into a roadside ditch on Sirajganj- Belkuchi road at Shamespur area in Belkuchi upazila on Thursday night.
The identity of the deceased could not be known yet.
Abdul Hamid, assistant director of Sirajganj Fire Service and Civil Defense, said the bus plunged into the ditch after being hit by oil-laden lorry around 4:45pm, leaving 22 people injured while nine passengers of the bus severely wounded.
Later, the injured were taken to Sirajganj Sadar Hospital where the unidentified man succumbed to his injury at night.