One killed, 20 hurt in bus plunge
A woman was killed and at least 20 people were injured, six of them critically, when a Galachipa-bound bus from Patuakhali fell into a roadside ditch near the town on Monday. Momina Khatun, 30, of Shakharia village in Amtali upazila in Baruna district died on the spot. Six critically injured persons have been admitted to Patuakhali General Hospital. They include Jahangir Alam, 45, of Galachipa; Jalil, 34, of Laukhathi; Kader Howlader, 60, of Auliapur and Shah Alam, 40.
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