Dhaka, April 8 -- Five people have been killed and at least 33 others injured after a local passenger bus overturned on the Faridpur-Barishal Highway in Faridpur Sadar Upazila.

The accident occurred in front of the Bakhunda Sharif Jute Mill in Joair on Tuesday as the bus veered out of control and fell into a roadside ditch, according to Asaduzzaman, chief of Faridpur Kotwali Police Station.

Three men and two women are among the dead, but their names and identities could not be confirmed immediately.

Md Mohsin, assistant deputy inspector at Faridpur Medical College Hospital, confirmed the deaths.

Locals say that a Faria Paribahan bus from Muksudpur bound for Faridpur through Nagarkanda veered out of control, slammed into a power pole, ...