3 picnickers killed as bus plunges into water body

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi:  Three people were killed and 15 others injured as a picnic bus plunged into a roadside Mohadanga water body (popularly known as beel) in Chapainawabganj on Friday afternoon.

The deceased were Entaj Ali, 65, son of late Jahur Uddin Uddin, Abdul Karim, 35, son of Nazrul Islam, and Hashim Ali, 62, son of Rashid Ali, residents of Noyadiari village in Gomostapur upazila of the district.

Chapainawabganj additional superintendent of police Mahabub Alam Khan said some 150 people of Noyadiari village were returning after enjoying a picnic at a picnic spot in Sadar upazila in two buses.

When the picnickers reached Mohadanga, one of the buses skidded off the road and fell into the Mohadanga water body in the afternoon, leaving 3 killed and 15 injured.

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