At least five people were injured as a passenger bus overturned and fell into a roadside canal in Meradia area of Banasree in Dhaka on Saturday.
The identities of the injured could not be known immediately.
Khilgaon police station officer-in-charge Md Daud Hossain said that the accident occurred at about 6:00pm as a passenger bus of Alif Paribahan fell into the roadside canal.
鈥榃e found five people injured in the accident so far. Further information can be given after recovering the bus from the canal,鈥� the police official added.
Police and fire service were working at the scene to rescue the vehicle from the canal, he said, adding that the five injured were sent to Farazy Hospital.
After being informed, a fire service unit rushed to the spot at about 6:00pm, said Rozina Akhter, duty officer of the fire service and civil defense control room.
The unit was at the scene as of 8:30pm to rescue the bus, she added.