Student killed as picnic bus crashes in Khulna
Published : 11 Feb 2019, 17:13
Sahos Desk
A schoolgirl was killed and 25 others injured after a picnic bus turned turtle on a road in Dumuria upazila of Khulna this morning.
Deceased Meghna was an eighth grader at Shyamnagar Girls High School in Jashore Sadar, said police.
The incident took place when a school picnic bus carrying around 65 students was heading to Bagerhat from Jashore around 11:30am, said Aminul Islam, officer-in-charge of Dumuria Police Station.
At one stage, the bus driver lost control over the steering and the vehicle overturned on the road near a madrasa at Akundia in the upazila, leaving Meghna dead on the spot.
The injured were taken at the upazila health complex and Khulna Medical College Hospital, the OC added.
Source: thedailystar