One of the deceased was identified as Shahidul Alam, the easy bike driver. Another deceased could not be identified.
Nawapara Highway Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge Mahmud Alam said a Kushtia-bound bus of ‘Rupsha Paribahan’ hit the Khulna-bound easy bike near Bhangagate area around 9am.
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Police rescued seven people from the spot and took them to Abhaynagar Upazila Health Complex. Emergency ward doctor Faria Rahman said two of the victims had died before they were brought to the hospital.
She said they had recommended shifting four of the injured to Khulna Medical College Hospital. Another victim is undergoing treatment at the health complex.
In an unrelated development, a seven-year-old boy identified as Abdus Salam was killed in Panchagarh after being hit by a microbus.
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The incident took place in Nawapara area on Buraburi-Shalbahan road. He was attending a wedding with his parents there.
Tentulia Model Police Station OC Abu Sayem Mia said Salam had come out on the road without telling anyone. He was hit by a speeding microbus while crossing the road.
He was killed on the spot.
The microbus was seized but the driver could not be arrested.
Road accidents in Bangladesh
Despite various campaigns, road accidents in Bangladesh continue to claim hundreds of lives every year.
In January this year, at least 484 people were killed in 427 road accidents.
According to Road Safety Foundation (RSF), accident rates jumped by 25.58 percent and fatalities by 8.76 percent in January compared to the same period last year.
At least 445 lives were lost in 340 road accidents in January 2020, according to RSF.
In a report released in February 2020, the World Bank said that Bangladesh needed to invest an estimated extra $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.