News Desk : dhakamirror.com
Three students of the Islamic University of Technology (IUT) died by electrocution and around 60 were left injured after a bus taking them to a picnic came into contact with an overhead bare electric wire in Gazipur’s Sreepur today (23 November) at 10:30am.
The deceased are – Mozammel Hossain Naim, 24, Mostakim Rahman Mahin, 22, and Jobayer Alam Sakib, 22.
All were rushed to the Mymensingh Medical College Hospita
It was learnt that around 460 students from Mechanical Engineering Department of the university boarded on six BRTC double-decker buses going to Matir Maya Eco Resort in Sreepur. When the buses reached Udaykhali bazar, one of those came in contact with a high-voltage power line. Then three students of that bus were electrocuted.
They were taken to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctors declared them dead on arrival.