TDS Desk:

Five people were killed and five others injured when a bus plunged into a canal on the Lakshmipur-Dhaka road in front of Chandragonj Kafil Uddin Degree College on Saturday, police said.

The deceased were identified as Morshed Alam, 50, Joynal Abedin, 54, Humayun Rashid, 40, Ripon Hossain, 35 and Mazed Hossain, 38 of Shekharpur in Chandraganj upazila.

The accident occurred around 8 am when the bus of ‘Ananda Paribahan’ fell into the Rahmatkhali canal as its driver lost control over the steering, leaving five people injured, said Mobarak Hossain, officer-in-charge of Chandragonj Highway Police Station.

The injured were taken to a local hospital where the doctors declared three of them dead.

On information, police and local fire service men rushed to the spot and conducted a rescue operation.

They also managed to rescue 20 people alive from the canal while the others managed to swim ashore.

Vehicular movement on the Lakshmipur-Dhaka regional highway remained suspended for an hour following the accident, creating a long tailback on both sides of the road.