Four people, including two children, were killed and 15 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Kayasthagram on the Sylhet-Jakiganj road in Golapganj upazila on Saturday morning.

The deceased could not be identified immediately, reports UNB.

Golapganj Police Station Officer-in-charge (OC) Mir Abdul Naser said the Sylhet-bound bus, coming from Jakiganj, fell into a roadside ditch as the driver of the bus lost his control over the steering at about 11:00am, leaving 19 passengers injured.

The injured were taken to Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital where four people succumbed to their injuries, the OC added.