At least six labourers were killed and 15 others injured after a passenger bus ran over a group of roadside workers in Bogura’s Sadar upazila early today (7 August).
The accident occurred at around 5am in Erulia on the Bogura–Naogaon regional highway. The injured are receiving treatment at Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital in Bogura.
The identities of the deceased have yet to be confirmed.
According to local residents, a Shah Fateh Ali Paribahan bus travelling from Dhaka to Naogaon lost control near Erulia Bazar and crashed into an electric pole on the roadside. The bus then ran over 25 to 30 paddy harvest workers who had been waiting there in search of work.
Three workers died at the scene. Eighteen injured people were taken to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, where three more later succumbed to their injuries.
Confirming the fatalities, Bogura Sadar Police Station Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Shafiqul Islam Shafik said legal procedures are underway.
Following the accident, local residents blocked the Bogura–Naogaon regional highway, demanding the installation of speed breakers at the site. The blockade triggered traffic congestion stretching for at least six kilometres on both sides of the highway.
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