40 IU students, teachers injured in road accident

At least 40 people, including 37 students, one driver and two teachers of Islamic University (IU), were injured in a road accident on Thursday midnight.

The accident took place around 1:30 am when a bus carrying the students and teachers crashed into a roadside tree after hitting a stationary truck at Bittipara of Sadar upazila. The bus was heading towards the university from Naogaon.

Twelve of the injured, including the bus driver, were sent to Kushtia General Hospital while the others to the University Medical Centre.

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