Five of bridal party die in Noakhali road mishap
Five persons including two children died on the spot and seven others were injured, two of them critically, when a minibus carrying a bridal party fell into a roadside ditch Chatarpayia in Senbag upazila on Sunday.
The dead were identified as Hazera Khatoon, 35, Roksana Aktar, 34, Kohinoor Begum, 17, Kabir Hossain, 9 and Imam Hossain, 7.
The two critically injured are Shumi Aktar, 15 and Hosna Ara.
The bridal party was going to Chatarpaiya from Kashipur of Begumgonj thana for a marriage celebration.
Police recovered the bodies and sent the injured to Islamia Private Hospital at Cowmuhoni.
The microbus driver however escaped unhurt, OC Senbag thana OC Mozammal Hassain said.
A case was lodge with Senbag police.
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