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273 killed on roads during Eid rush; highest in 6 years
Road accidents during the recent Eid-ul-Azha holiday rush claimed 273 lives in just 15 days, even though long-haul buses were operating for just eight of those days, according to the Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Shamiti (Passenger Welfare Association).
At least 240 road crashes occurred during the July 14- 28 period, BJKS revealed, while presenting its road accident report-2021 at a press briefing on Friday.
Members of the road accidents monitoring cell of the organisation prepared the report collecting information from widely published and trustworthy national, regional, daily newspapers and online portals over the 15 days covered.
The report also said 447 people were injured in the accidents that occurred at a time when lakhs of people hit the road to go home and celebrate the Eid festival with their families -home being wherever one's family may be permanently resident, either village or district away from urban centres.
The report also stated that among the deceased, 27 were women, 17 children, 53 pedestrians, 16 transport workers, and 87 drivers.
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BJKS also tallied the types of accident most prevalent. They find that roughly a quarter (25.8%) are head-on collisions, and even more overwhelmingly, over 44% feature pedestrians struck or overrun by vehicles. A little over 18% are cases of the driver losing control and falling into a ditch.
Like other years, motorcycles were the most lethal form of transport, recording 93 deaths in 87 accidents. This accounts for 36.25% of the total accidents and 34.06 % of the total deaths recorded.
18 die in India road crash
A parked bus rolled into a group of migrant workers sleeping by a roadside in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh after being hit by a speeding truck from behind early on Wednesday, killing 18 people on the spot.
The accident occurred in the state's Barabanki district, some 28 kms from Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow.
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Police said that the migrant workers returning to their home state of Bihar in eastern India on the bus started sleeping in front of the vehicle after it suddenly broke down on a busy highway late on Tuesday night. The victims were coming from the neighbouring northern state of Haryana.
"The truck crashed into the parked bus at a high speed after its driver lost control of the vehicle while trying to overtake a car on the highway. The impact was such that the bus rolled on and ran over the victims sleeping in front of the vehicle," Satya Narayan Sabat, a police officer, told the local media.
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"Three-four other migrant workers who sustained injuries in the accident have been admitted to a local hospital," Sabat said.
Though the truck driver managed to escape soon after the accident, cops claimed to have seized the vehicle as well as the ill-fated bus. "A probe has been ordered and a manhunt launched to track the truck driver down," the police officer said.
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Road accidents are very common in India, with one taking place every four minutes. These accidents are often blamed on poor roads, rash driving and scant regard for traffic laws.
Indian government's implementation of stricter traffic laws in recent years have failed to rein in accidents, which claim over 100,000 lives every year.
Collision between 2 buses leaves 5 dead in Rangpur
Five people were killed and 12 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Dhaka-Rangpur highway near Boldipukur in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur early Sunday.
The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.
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Police said a Rangpur-bound bus of Johana Paribahan collided head-on with a Dhaka-bound bus of Selfie Paribahan around 7:50 am, leaving five people dead on the spot.
Later, fire fighters rescued the injured and rushed them to a nearby Health Complex and Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
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Aminuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Mithapukur Police Station, said the condition of two of the injured is critical.
Two youths killed in Naogaon road crash
Two youths were killed when a speeding truck hit their bike at Saraigachchi intersection in Porsha upazila of Naogaon district on Friday night.
The deceased were identified as Shahadat Hossain, 17, son of Abdur Rashid, and Shohagh Hossain, 22, son of Mamlat Ali of Sapahar upazila.
The accident occurred around 9 pm when the truck driver lost control of the vehicle and rammed the bike, killing the two riders on the spot, said Shafiul Azam, officer-in-charge of Porsha Police Station.
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On information, police took the bodies into custody and sent them to the local hospital morgue for post-mortem.
Road accidents in Bangladesh
Road accidents are common in Bangladesh and have been a major cause of deaths.
During the last Eid-ul-Fitr holiday rush, road accidents claimed 323 lives in just 15 days, according to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Shamiti, a human rights body.
Besides, 513 people, including 63 children, were killed and 598 injured in 409 road accidents across the country in March, the Road Safety Foundation said on April 5.
According to the NGO, 147 lives were lost in 138 two-wheeler accidents, which is 28.65% of the total deaths.
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In a report released in February 2020, the World Bank pointed out that Bangladesh needs to invest an estimated $7.8 billion over the next decade to halve its road crash fatalities.
The report attributed the high death rate on Bangladesh’s roads to lack of investments in systemic, targeted, and sustained road safety programmes.
Three killed in Thakurgaon road crash
Three people were killed and four others injured as a truck hit an auto-rickshaw on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh highway in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Thursday noon.
The deceased were identified as Mojibur Rahman, 50, of Shingpara village of Sadar upazila, Chanchal, 35 and Golam Mostafa, 40, of Chongaghata area of the same upazila.
Police said the Panchagarh-bound truck hit the auto-rickshaw in Auliapur Board Office area, leaving two auto-rickshaw passengers dead spot and five others injured.
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The injured were taken to Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital where one succumbed to his injuries.
Thakurgaon Adhunik Sadar Hospital residential medical officer Rakibul Alam Chayan said that the condition of the injured is critical.
Tanvirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Thakurgaon Police station, said the truck driver managed to flee.
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2 cattle traders killed in Gaibandha road crash
Two cattle traders were killed and four others injured in a collision between a truck and a pickup van on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha district early Monday.
The deceased were identified as Abdul Quddus and Moyej Uddin.
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Arif Anwar, station manager of Gobindaganj Fire Service, said when a group of six cattle traders was heading towards Rangpur from Savar in a pickup van at around 7 am a truck coming from the opposite direction hit it.
The cattle traders fell on the road being hit by the truck and then another speeding truck ran over them.
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Moyez Uddin died on the spot. Faisal, Shukkur Haque, Tara Mia, Abdul Quddus and Mizan were rescued by the fire service men and taken to Gobindaganj Health Complex in critical condition where Abdul Quddus succumbed to his injuries.
Policeman 'killed' in Dhaka road accident
A 30-year-old policeman was reportedly killed in a motorcycle accident in Dhaka's Science Laboratory area Saturday night.
Police constable M Latifur Rahman was from Kurigram's Chilmari and would live in the capital's Jatrabari with his wife and child.
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"Latifur was found lying on the street in Science Laboratory at 10:30pm. We are suspecting that he was hit by a speeding car while riding his motorcycle," Md Bachchu Miah, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost, told UNB.
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"The constable was rushed to DMCH's emergency unit where he was declared dead at 11pm. Latifur's body has been kept at the hospital's morgue; inquiries are on."
Five, including three women, killed in Tangail road accident
Five people, including a cancer patient, her daughter and sister, were killed in a head-on collision between an ambulance ferrying them to a hospital and a speeding truck in Kalihati upazila of Tangail on Saturday.
Five others injured from the accident are currently being treated at the Tangail General Hospital.
Local police couldn’t immediately identify all of the three deceased women.
But a relative of the family in Chattogram confirmed that the three women were Mabia,15, her mother Farida Begum, 30, and her aunt Ferdousi Begum, 34 all hailing from Chattogram’s Freeport area under EPZ police station.
Saifur Rahman, a close relative of the three confirmed their identities to UNB’s Chattogram correspondent.
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“They left for Sirajganj Cancer Hospital by an ambulance from Chattogram around 12 am for cancer patient Farida Begum’s scheduled chemotherapy session”, he said.
However, all the victims boarded the northern district-bound ambulance supposedly in the absence of any public transport due to the Covid-induced stricter lockdown, said Bangabandhu-Bridge East police station’s Sub-Inspector Nazmul earlier to UNB’s Tangail correspondent.
The accident occurred around 7.30am when the fish laden truck crashed into the ambulance that was coming from the opposite direction on the east side of Bangabandhu bridge in the Hatia area, police said.
The impact of the collision was such that three occupants of the ambulance including the driver died on the spot. The seven other injured occupants were rushed to Tangail General Hospital, where two of them were declared dead on arrival.
A probe has been ordered into the accident, a police official said.
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Road accidents in Bangladesh
Road accidents are common in Bangladesh and have been a major cause of deaths.
During the last Eid-ul-Fitr holiday rush, road accidents claimed 323 lives in just 15 days, said Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Shamiti, a human rights body.
Besides, 513 people, including 63 children, were killed and 598 injured in 409 road accidents across the country in March, said the Road Safety Foundation on April 5.
According to the NGO, 147 lives were lost in 138 motorcycle accidents, which is 28.65% of the total deaths.
In a report released in February 2020, the World Bank pointed out that Bangladesh needs to invest an estimated $7.8 billion over the next decade to halve its road crash fatalities.
The report attributed the high death rate on Bangladesh’s roads to lack of investments in systemic, targeted, and sustained road safety programmes.
3 killed in Satkhira road crash
Three youths were killed in an accident on the Satkhira-Kaliganj road at Parulia area of Debhata upazila.
The incident occurred at around 10 pm on Tuesday.
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The deceased were identified as Mamun Hossain, 17, son of Jahangir Hossain of Alipur union, Ashraful Islam, 25, son of Taslima Khatun and Sajib, 19, son of Mofizul Islam of the same union.
Debhata Police Station OC Biplob Kumar Saha said the three youths were on their way to Satkhira on a motorcycle. Their motorcycle hit an electricity pole while giving passage to a freight truck near the Parulia High School area.
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Three of them died on the spot, the OC said.
Their bodies were recovered and sent to Satkhira Sadar Hospital morgue.
Son gets married after father's burial in Chandpur
A person on Friday was killed in a road crash in Chandpur’s Matlab Dakkhin upazila, on the day of his son’s marriage.
The deceased was identified as Abul Bakaul, 65, of Uttor Nagda village of the upazila.
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After Jummah, Abul went to buy sweets for his son’s wedding when in Dagarpur area a three wheeler collided head-on with the battery powered auto-bike carrying him.
He was rushed to the Chandpur General Hospital by his son and locals where he died in the afternoon.
Later that evening after the funeral of his father Rubel Bakaul got married.
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By Saturday it became a matter of common gossip in the village.
Neighbor Jilani Talukder said that the limited scale wedding ceremony took place on the decision of both families.
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Matlab Dakkhin Police Station Officer-in-charge Mohammad Mohiuddin Mia said no one from the family had informed the police and there was no complaint.
However, police were sent to the spot, on information, he said