Summary The bus crashed onto the Matamuhuri's parched river bed after the driver lost control of the vehicle
DHAKA: A bus carrying pilgrims to Bangladesh s beach resort town of Cox s Bazaar plunged into a dried up river Monday, killing at least 17 people and injuring another 26, police said.
The bus crashed onto the Matamuhuri s parched river bed after the driver lost control of the vehicle which then smashed through railings on a bridge.
"So far we have 17 people dead. Sixteen died on the spot and another on the way to the hospital," Cox s Bazaar police chief Azad Miah told AFP, adding that 18 of the 26 people injured had been admitted to hospital.
He said the pilgrims were mostly from Bangladesh s central district of Gazipur and were heading to Cox s Bazaar after attending a festival at Fatikchhari, home to one of the most visited Sufi shrines in Bangladesh.
