The death toll from a tragic road accident in Madaripur’s Shibchar upazila rose to 19 this noon (March 19, 2023), with three more succumbing to their injuries.  Two of the injured died on the way to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) from Madaripur, said Md Bachhu Miah, in-charge of the DMCH police outpost. He said five more injured were admitted at the hospital and are undergoing treatment. Another injured died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Madaripur.    Read more: 4 killed, 15 injured in Tangail road crash Earlier in the morning, a Dhaka-bound bus of Emad Paribahan from Khulna fell into a roadside ditch in Madaripur’s Shibchar upazila.   Abu Nayeem Md Mofazzal Huq, officer-in-charge of Shibchar Highway Police Station, said the incident occurred around 8 am when the bus fell into a roadside ditch after its driver lost control over the wheel on the approach road of Padma Bridge, in Simana area under Kathalbari union of Shibchar upazila, leaving 14 people including the bus driver dead on the spot.  Two people breathed their last on the way to the hospital, he said.  The OC informed that 20 injured people have so far been rescued from the wreckage.   Members of fire service and civil defence and police, accompanied by locals, have been conducting the rescue operation, he said.  The identities of the dead could not be known immediately, the OC said. Speeding might have caused the accident that led to the casualties, he added. Read More: All 64 districts to celebrate Padma Bridge's inauguration

At least five people were killed and four injured in Madaripur's Shibchar Saturday night as two buses rammed into the back of a car. The deceased were identified as Khalil Matubbar, Mostafa Shikdar, Rokeya Begum, Litu and Mofazzel Hossain, Shibchar Highway Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Shakhawat Hossain said. Read: 3 killed in Manikganj road crash The injured are now undergoing treatment at Faridpur Medical College Hospital, he added. The accident occurred at 8:30pm on Dhaka-Bhanga highway at Bachamara as a private car was heading towards Faridpur's Bhanga, the OC said. Suddenly a bus running at speed rammed into it from behind. The impact was enough to kill two of the people in the car on the spot.  Later with locals having gathered at the spot to help the victims, another bus came crashing through the crowd. This reckless assault killed three more people. 

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