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Bangladeshi expat killed in UAE road crash
A Bangladeshi expatriate was killed after being hit by a private car in Ajman city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday night.
The deceased was identified as Md Kamal Uddin, 38, of Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram.
Khwaja Mainuddin, a neighbor of Kamal in the UAE, told his family that Kamal was hit by a speeding car while crossing the road in the city at night.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Kamal had been working in a laundry shop in the UAE for the last 17/18 years, he added.
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Microbus torched after schoolboy hurt in N’ganj road accident
Local people set a microbus on fire as a schoolboy was injured when the microbus hit an auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj district on Monday.
Quoting local people, Azizul Haque, officer-in-charge of Araihazar Police Station, said the microbus carrying some policemen hit the auto-rickshaw carrying some school students at Purinda area of the upazila, leaving a schoolboy injured.
One policeman was also injured during the accident.
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When the policeman tried to blame the auto-rickshaw driver, the students of Purinda KM High School students turned furious and set the microbus on fire.
On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.
The injured schoolboy was given first aid.
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Vehicular movement on the busy road remained suspended for some time after the accident.
Perilous roads: Seven killed in 4 dists
At least seven people, including a child were killed and another injured in separate road accidents in Chuadanga, Habiganj, Rajshahi and Dhaka districts on Saturday.
In Chuadanga, at least three motorcyclists were killed and another was injured as two motorcycles collided in the Jafarpur area of Chuadanga municipality on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Tunu Hossain alias Anando, 22, son of Sirajul Islam of Farmpara of Chuadanga , Mithu Hossain, 30, son of Rikat Ali of Nurnagar Colonypara, and Shri Mukta Halder,28, son of Shri Manoranjan Halder of Sirajganj district.
The injured was Roni Hossain ,35, son of Alauddin Biswas of Monharpur village of Bagmara police station in Rajshahi district.
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Chuadanga Sadar Police Station Mahabubur Rahman said the accident occurred around 1pm when the two motorcycles collided in front of the Jafarpur Youth Development Department, leaving two bikers dead on the spot.
Another succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at Chuadanga Sadar Hospital around 3:15pm.
On information, police rushed to the spot, said the OC.
In Habiganj, a truck driver and his assistant were killed when another truck hit their truck in Bahubal Upazila of the district in the early hours of Saturday.
The identities of the deceased could not be known yet, said Salah Uddin, officer-in-charge of Shaistaganj Highway Police Station.
The accident occurred at Baganbari on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at around 5 am when they were doing repair works underneath the truck parking it on the highway and they were hit by another truck.
Both of them died on the spot, added the OC.
In Dhaka, a battery-run auto-rickshaw driver was killed by an anonymous vehicle in Asad gate area of Mohammadpur in the city Saturday.
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The deceased was identified as Monir Sheikh, 40, hailing from Tongi Bari upazila of Gopalganj district, said Abdur Rashid, Sub Inspector of Mohammadpur police station
The accident occurred early in the morning and his body was found lying in front of Nabil Paribahan bus counter on Mirpur road near Asad Gate, he said.
“Efforts are on to identify the vehicle and the driver that is responsible for the accident. The body has been sent for autopsy,” said the SI.
In Rajshahi, a 12-year-old schoolboy was killed in a road crash in Rajshahi's Durgapur municipality on Saturday.
The deceased Salman Hossain, son of Rahidul Islam of Devipur village. He was a student of class IV in Shyampur Government Primary School, said Nazmul Haque, officer-in-charge (OC) Durgapur Police Station.
The accident occurred around 10am when a tractor hit Salman near Devipur College, leaving him spot dead.
On information, police visited the scene and seized the tractor, added the OC.
Road accidents have become very common in Bangladesh.
At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of the current year, says a new report by the Road Safety Foundation.
The road accidents occurred on highways, and national, inter-district and regional roads between January 1 and June 30 across the country.
At least 30 passengers killed in road accident in Kenya
At least 30 passengers were killed and several others injured on Sunday evening when their bus fell off a bridge and plunged into a river along the highway in Tharaka Nithi, Kenya, local police said.
The bus, traveling from Meru town to the coastal city of Mombasa, plunged into the Nithi River about 40 meters below along the Meru-Nairobi highway at around 6:40 p.m. (1540 GMT), Eastern Regional Police Commander Rono Bunei said on Monday.
Bunei said the bus must have developed brake failure because it was at a very high speed when the accident happened.
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The wreckage of the bus could be seen strewn on the hillside near the black spot.
Alex Mugambi, Tharaka Nithi County Rescue team manager, said the death toll may rise.
The accident is among a series of deadly crashes in the country. On July 8, more than 20 passengers were killed in an accident along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway.
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Couple among three killed in Cumilla road accident
Three people including a couple were killed as a private car carrying them crashed into a roadside tree on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Illiotganj area of the district Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Gias Uddin Mahmud Farazi, an employee of Feni land office, his wife Jahanara Begum and Jahanara’s sister Salma Akter.
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Premdhan Majumdar, in-charge of Illiotganj highway police camp, said the accident occurred around 7 am when the private car driven by Gias Uddin hit a roadside tree and fell into a roadside ditch amid a heavy downpour, leaving all of the three dead on the spot.
2 killed in Feni road crash
An auto rickshaw driver and a woman riding it were killed when the vehicle was hit by a truck near Panchgachia in Feni on Friday.
The deceased were identified as Md Shakil, 20, from Momarispur village and Jesmin Akter,45, from Yakubpur village in Dagonbhuiyan upazila, said Md Abdus Samad, officer-in-charge of Mohipal highway police station.
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Four other passengers of the auto sustained injuries in the accident. They were admitted to Feni General Hospital, he said.
The accident occurred around 12 pm when the Nokahali-bound truck collided with the auto rickshaw coming from the opposite side on Feni-Noakhali regional highway.
The two died on the spot, said the OC.
The vehicles have been seized and legal actions will be taken in this regard, said the OC.
Worker killed in Kurigram road accident
A worker died after a paddy-laden truck he was traveling in flipped over and trampled him on Chandipur Bridge in Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram in the small hours of Friday.
The deceased was identified as Abdul Gafur, 50, a resident of Daknirpat village under the upazila.
Amzad Hossain, an eyewitness, said the accident occurred when the driver of the truck coming from Nageshwari lost control of the vehicle on Kurigram-Nageshwari road around 12.30am.
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After two hours of frantic efforts, the worker who lay trapped under the overturned truck was pulled out alive and rushed to Kurigram General Hospital. He, however, succumbed to his injuries on the way to the hospital.
"A probe is on," Nageshwari police station duty officer Selim Mia told UNB.
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Four killed in Barishal road accident
Four people were killed and three others injured when a bus crashed into a battery-run three-wheeler on the Dhaka-Kuakata highway in Bakerganj upazila of Barishal district on Wednesday.
The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
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Alauddin Milon, officer-in-charge of Bakerganj Police Station, said the accident occurred when the Barishal-bound bus hit the three-wheeler at high speed, leaving four of its occupants dead on the spot.
On information, police recovered the bodies and sent them to a local hospital morgue for post-mortem. "The injured have been hospitalised," the OC said.
4 killed in Habiganj road accident
At least four people were killed and seven hurt in Sylhet's Madhabpur upazila Monday as a Dhaka-bound truck collided with a Sylhet-bound bus and microbus, police said.
The accident occurred at 1:40pm on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway, leaving one dead on the spot and ten others injured.
Dilnahar, 55, Helena, 22, and Murad Miah, 22, were identified as the deceased. The identity of another deceased could not be immediately determined.
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The injured are Mohiuddin,35, Imrul,35, Akash,25, Atiqur,35, Anwar,25, Faizul,30, and Kamrul 26.
All of them are from the village Fatehpur of Madan upazila, Netrakona.
On information, the highway police and fire service rescued the injured and sent them to Habiganj Sadar Modern Hospital, Saleh Ahmed, officer-in-charge (OC) of Shayestaganj Highway Police Station, said.
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Dilnahar and Helena died on the way to the hospital, and Murad died while undergoing treatment there, the OC added.
At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of the current year, according to a new report by the Road Safety Foundation.
The road accidents took place on highways, national, inter-district and regional roads between January 1 and June 30 across the country.
Writ petition seeks compensation for baby born on road after accident
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive to the authorities concerned to pay compensation to the baby who was born during a road accident that left its parents and sister dead in Mymensingh.
The bench of Justice Khizir Ahmed Choudhury and Md Zakir Hossain is expected to hear the writ petition, said Sayed Mahsib Hossain, a counsel of the petitioner.
Supreme Court lawyer Kaniz Fatema filed the writ petition on Monday.
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An investigation into the accident was also sought in the writ petition.
Women and Child Affairs Secretary, Social Welfare Secretary, Road Transport and Bridges Secretary and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority were made respondents to the writ.
A tragic road accident near court building area in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh left Jahangir Alam, 35, his pregnant wife Ratna Begum, 26, and their daughter Jannat Ara, 2, of Raymani village in the upazila, dead on the spot.
Jahangir Alam went Trishal upazila headquarter with his eight-month pregnant wife and daughter for conducting a medical test of his wife.
While crossing the highway a speeding Mymenshingh-bound truck knocked them down, leaving all three family members dead on the spot, said police.
Miraculously the baby girl was born before the mother died on the road and she was taken to upazila health complex by locals.
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The newborn was then given advanced treatment at Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) and then at Community Based Medical College Hospital.
Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner of Mymensingh Mohammad Enamul Haque has taken all the responsibilities including treatment of the baby.