Shawdesh Desk:

A supervisor of a bus was killed and 15 other people, including a fire service staff, were injured as the vehicle fell into a roadside ditch while overtaking another bus on Chuadanga-Jhenaidah highway on early Tuesday.

The deceased is Sagar, 25, son of Babu Hossain of Islam Bazarpara under Darshana upazila in Chuadanga. Sagar was the supervisor of the Purbasha Paribahan bus.

Among the bus passengers who sustained injuries including Alamin, 24, Shahabul Islam, 60, Miraj, 22, Nahid, 35, Golam Azam, 57, Meherun, 30, Shariful Islam, 28, Taki, 23, and the firefighter Hossain Ali.

Chuadanga Fire Service and Civil Defence station officer Jahangir Alam said that the accident occurred at about 12:15am when the Dhaka-bound bus of Purbasha Paribahan from Chuadanga fell into the roadside ditch while overtaking another bus on the highway in front of Ratul Market at Borai village under Sadar upazila of the district.

The accident left the supervisor dead on the spot and 14 passengers injured, he said.

On information, two firefighting units including one from Jhenaidah rushed to the spot and recovered the body from the bus, and sent the injured ones to several hospitals after rescuing them, he said.

He also said that firefighter Hossain Ali sustained injuries while bringing out the injured ones from the bus.

Dr Abdul Quader, a physician at the emergency department of Chuadanga Sadar Hospital, said that six injured were brought to the hospital and five of them were discharged after giving treatment.