Four killed in road accident
At least four people died and 30 others were injured when a bus rammed a taxicab and skidded off the Dhaka-Aricha highway at Dautia bus stop in Dhamrai upazila yesterday.
The identity of the dead could not be known.
Police and locals said the accident took place at 5:00pm when a Dhaka-bound bus rammed a taxicab and then fell into a roadside ditch, killing two taxicab passengers on the spot and injuring 30 bus passengers.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Two of the injured bus passengers died on the way to a local hospital, while the remaining 28 are undergoing treatment at Gonoswasthya Hospital in Savar, Damrai Health Complex and Dhaka Medical College Hospital.