Habiganj: A man was killed and 20 people were injured as a bus tumbled into a ditch on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at Natun Bazar in Nabiganj upazila on Saturday morning.

The deceased was identified as Safi Kamal Chowdhury, 40, medical officer of Chevron Bangladesh and son of Dr Muzibur Rahman of Bahubal upazila here, reports the UNB.

The accident took place around 9:30am when a Sylhet-bound ‘Sylhet Express’ bus from Habiganj plunged into a roadside ditch, leaving him dead on the spot and 20 people injured, said sub-inspector Md Nazrul Islam of Sherpur Highway Police.

On information, police recovered the body and took the injured to MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, the SI added.