A passenger bus lost control and overturned in Kahalu upazila of Bogra, killing one person. A passenger bus overturned on the Bogra-Naogaon Regional Highway at around 12 noon on Friday when it collided with a culvert under construction near a jute mill in Dargahat area of Kahalu upazila. The passenger bus was twisted. As a result, bus passenger Fahima Begum (40) was killed on the spot. Fahima is the wife of Afzal Hossain of Baniachapar village in Khetlal upazila of Joypurhat.
According to police and eyewitness sources, a bus of Shakib Paribahan from Bogra to Fuldighi Bazar in Joypurhat was heading towards its destination with some passengers. The bus collided with a culvert under construction in Dargahhat area of Kahalu upazila on the Bogra-Naogaon highway and overturned. A few passengers were trapped inside the twisted bus. Fahima, a bus passenger, was crushed to death at that time. Some of the injured passengers were also rescued. The injured passengers were rescued and sent to different hospitals.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Kahalu Police Station Zia Latiful Islam told Prothom Alo that the passenger bus overturned after colliding with a culvert under construction on the highway. Fahima was killed on the spot. His body was recovered and sent to the morgue of Bogra's Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital.
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