Dhaka, April 8 -- "My father's gone, so is my brother and my mother's not doing well. Uncle, they're dead. I'm at the hospital, what can I do," the cries of a grieving Md Sahed Sarder echoed in the halls of Faridpur Medical College.

Sahed was speaking over the phone, letting someone know of the tragedy that left his family in tatters after a local bus overturned on the Faridpur-Barishal Highway, killing seven people and injuring at least 30 people on Tuesday.

Sahed's father Jowar Sarder, 65, and younger brother Iman Sarder, 35, were among the dead. His mother, Paruli Begum, is under hospital care in critical condition. They reside in a small village, Sheyarkandi, in Nagarkanda Upazila.

Many others among the injured were also under inte...