11/07/2011 15:58
60 students dead in accident in Bangladesh
At least 33 school children were killed and dozens of others feared trapped when a packed bus plunged into a ditch in Bangladesh's northeastern port city of Chittagong today, the sources say.
The bus carrying nearly 60 students skidded off the road and landed into the ditch at Mirersharai area near the port city, Wahid Siddique, a police official said.
A senior police officer in Chittagong district, Ruhul Amin Siddiqui, told the BBC that 40 bodies had been recovered from the accident site. Officials said rescue work was under way.