At least 25 passengers were injured after a bus fell into a ditch at Muksudpur upazila in Gopalganj district early Friday.

The accident took place on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Salina Baksa area in the upazila.

Muksudpur Police Station officer in-charge Abu Bakar Miah said a bus of Tungipara Express fell into a roadside ditch after its driver had lost control over the steering, leaving 25 passengers injured.

On information, members of police and fire service rescued the injured and took them to Muksudpur Upazila Health Complex, he added.

Dr Raihan Islam Shovon, a physician of the health complex, said two of the injured were referred to Faridpur Medical College Hospital for advance treatment.