Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 23: At least 17 people were killed after a passenger bus fell into a roadside pond in southern Bangladesh, police said on Saturday.
Officer Gautam Kumar said the bus carrying nearly 50 passengers veered out of control and fell into the wayside waterbody near the southern Jhalakhati district town, more than 130km south-west of the capital Dhaka. Twelve people were killed at the scene.
Five more people died in hospitalsd.
The accident occurred in the morning as the driver lost control over the vehicle, after one of its tyers exploded on a regional highway, he said.
Source: Qatar Tribune
