Munshiganj: A man was killed and at least 20 people were injured when a bus fell into a roadside ditch at Srinagar upazila in Munshiganj on Friday morning.

The deceased, believed to be in his twenties, could not be identified yet.

The Hashara police post in-charge Mohammad Hassan said a Mawa-bound Apon Paribahan bus from Dhaka fell into a ditch after one of its tyres punctured at Shumeshpur area of the upazila on Dhaka-Mawa Highway at about 7:00am and left 21 passengers injured.

The injured were taken to Srinagar Upazila Health Complex. Later, one of the injured died on his way to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical condition.

Fire fighters went to the spot and conducted rescue operation immediately after the accident.