<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Four people, including a policeman, were killed and 15 others injured when a speeding passenger bus crashed into a tree on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Chandra Dighalia upazila of Gopalganj early on Friday morning.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The deceased cop was identified as Barishal Metropolitan Police member Abdul Alim, while the identities of the other victims are yet be ascertained, said Nasir Uddin, officer-in-charge of Gopalganj Sadar police station.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Alim was deployed to ensure security during the visit of the President and the Prime Minister to Gopalganj on Friday, he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The accident occurred around 6am when the driver of the Mongla-bound bus of Didar Paribahan lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the roadside tree, leaving four people dead on the spot, said the OC.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Monirul Islam, one of the passengers hailing from Khulna, claimed that the accident occurred due to reckless driving.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">OC Nasir said that of the injured passengers, 10 were admitted to Gopalganj General Hospital while others received primary aid.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of the injured, two people were transferred to Khulna General Hospital as their condition was serious, said Md Faruq Ahmed, resident medical officer of the hospital.UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>