A woman was killed and 15 others injured after a bus overturned hitting a road divider near City Gate area on Dhaka-Chattogram highway this morning.
Identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.
Md Kamal Uddin, officer-in-charge of Sitakunda Police Station, told media that the accident occurred around 9:00am as the Feni-bound bus of Starline Service rammed the road divider and turned upside down.
The driver might have lost control of the vehicle due to puncture or burst of a rear tyre, he added.
The road was slippery due to drizzling since morning, said the OC, adding that locals rescued several trapped passengers.
Abdur Razzak, deputy assistant director (DAD) of Fire Service and Civil Defence, Chattogram said three units from Agrabad Fire Station got engaged in the rescue operation.
One died at the spot, he added.
Meanwhile, traffic on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway came to a standstill following an accident involving a Star Line Paribahan bus at Fakirhat area of Faujdarhat, Sitakunda on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway.
The busiest highway was closed to traffic for about two hours. Police and fire service personnel were able to remove the bus with the help of a wrecker truck around 11 am