Faridpur road crash: Death toll rises to 7

Two more persons died in a bus accident in Faridpur on Tuesday (April 8), taking the death toll in the incident to seven.

Identities of the deceased could not be known yet.

The accident took place in Bakhunda area on the Dhaka-Barishal highway around 11:00am.

Faridpur Katwali police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Asaduzzaman said it is initially believed that the accident occurred due to speeding.

Local sources said a Faridpur-bound bus named ‘Farabi’ lost control and fell into a roadside ditch, leaving five people dead on the spot and injured 35 others. Later, the injured were sent to Faridpur Medical College Hospital where two more died.

Faripur Deputy Commissioner Kamrul Hasan Mollah said that the administration has provided 30,000 to 35,000 taka assistance to each family of the deceased.