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Mother, son killed as bus hits them on Sylhet-Bholaganj highway
A woman and her son were killed as a bus mowed them down on the Sylhet-Bholaganj highway in Companiganj upazila, Sylhet, Thursday, police said.
Dulvi Begum, 40, and her son Siddikur Rahman, 12, of the upazila were going to Meghergaon of Sadar upazila.
The accident occurred around 12pm near Baharghat as a bus of Shadapathor Poribohon hit the mother and son as they were crossing the road, leaving Dulvi and her son critically injured, Md Shafiqul Islam Khan, in-charge of Salutikor Police Investigation Centre, said.
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Police rushed them to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital where they were declared dead upon arrival.
The bodies were sent to the hospital morgue for autopsies, Shafiqul said.
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Meanwhile, police managed to detain the driver of the bus, he added.
Two killed, 15 hurt in Bagerhat bus accident
At least two people were killed and 15 others injured after a bus crashed into a roadside tree in Fakirhat upazila on Tuesday morning.
One of the deceased was identified as Monir Mollik, 24.
Both of them died on the spot when the driver of the Khulna-bound bus from Dhaka lost its control and crashed into the tree near the Palerhat area of the busy Khulna-Mawa highway around 10am, said Sheikh Abul Hasan, in charge of Mollahat highway police outpost.
On information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies. Of the injured, 10 were rushed to Fakirhat upazila health complex and Khulna Medical College and Hospital, he said.
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The bus has been seized but its driver and his assistant managed to flee, the officer added.
Fakirhat upazila executive officer Manowar Hossain said, "Drivers are advised to control the speed of their vehicles. Reckless driving leads to so many accidents.”
Road accidents are common in Bangladesh.
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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.
Narail road accidents claim two lives
One person was killed and another succumbed to his injuries Monday after being critically injured in road accidents in Narail Sadar upazila, police said.
The deceased were identified as Milon Biswas, 24, and Turjo, 35.
Milon was hit by a motorcycle when he was collecting money for the truck workers' union at a bus terminal around 9am.
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Locals rushed the critically injured man to Jashore Medical College where he was declared dead upon arrival.
In another accident, Turjo sustained injuries after falling off his motorbike a few days back and was undergoing treatment at the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation.
He died this morning, Mahmudur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Narail Sadar Police Station, said.
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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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At least 21 killed, 3 missing in south Iran floods
The death toll from Friday's flash floods in the southern Iranian province of Fars has risen to 21, and three others are still missing, rescue sources told state media on Saturday.
Mehdi Valipour, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society, said initially 89 people were stuck in the flood waters, and that the rescue operation will continue until the rest of the missing people are found.
Speaking to the semi-official Mehr News Agency earlier in the day, Estahban Governor Yousef Kargar said 13 of the recovered bodies have been identified.
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He noted that so far, 55 people, who were stuck in areas surrounded by the flood, have been rescued and that a rescue operation is underway.
The governor blamed the Iran Meteorological Organization for failing to issue an adequately strong warning prior to the heavy rainfall on Friday evening.
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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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Road crashes claim 9 lives in three districts
Nine people were killed and 14 others injured in separate road accidents in Barishal, Cumilla and Dhaka Thursday.
In Barishal, five people were killed and 12 others injured in a collision between a bus and a microbus on Dhaka-Barishal highway in Ujirpur upazila this noon.
Four of the deceased were identified as Ruhul Amin, Abdur Rahman, Md Hasan and Nurul Amin while identity of another could not be known. All the deceased were passengers of the microbus.
Ali Arshad, officer-in-charge of Ujirpur Police Station, said the accident occurred at noon when the Dhaka-bound ‘Molla Paribahan bus’ from Patuakhali rammed the Barishal-bound microbus from Dhaka at Shikarpur, leaving four dead on the spot and 13 other people injured.
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Of the injured, another died on the way to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital.
Though police seized the vehicle, its driver and helpers managed to flee the spot.
In Cumilla, two people were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Debidwar upazila this noon.
The deceased were identified as Salim, 22, son of Kuddus Miah, and Lakkhan Barman, 26, son of Shuvalchandra Barman. They were residents of nearby Kosba upazila in Brahmanbaria district.
Kamal Uddin, an in-charge (IC) of Mirpur highway police camp, said the accident occurred at noon when a speedy pickup van crashed into a CNG run-auto rickshaw on Cumilla-Sylhet highway in Istrogram area.
In another accident in the district, an elderly man was killed when a bus hit him while he was crossing Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Chandina upazila this morning, said Promdan Majumdar, in-charge of Iliotganj highway police camp.
The deceased was identified as Abdur Rashid, 82, a resident of Naotala village in the upazila.
In the capital, A 24-year-old woman was killed following a collision between two rickshaws, including a battery-run one, in the city’s Chawkbazar area in the early hours of the day, said police.
The deceased was identified as Umme Salma, 24, of Bhola district. She completed her post-graduation from Eden College recently.
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Salma’s cousin Md Hasan said she came to Dhaka this morning after Eid vacation and was going to her hostel at Azimpur from Sadarghat in a battery-run rickshaw with Hasan.
The accident occurred around 4am when a wheel of their rickshaw got stuck in a hole in Islambag area and it overturned after being hit by another speeding rickshaw, leaving Salma seriously injured.
At least 13 killed in Ecuador prison riot
At least 13 inmates were killed and another two injured in a prison riot on Monday in the Ecuadorean city of Santo Domingo following a fight among inmates in the prison.
The National Police, the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Public Health were called to the emergency and the situation was brought under control, the National Comprehensive Care Service for Persons Deprived of Liberty said in a report.
The same prison was hit by violence on May 9, resulting in the death of 44 inmates.
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The Ecuadorean prison system has been afflicted with a serious crisis due to confrontations between rival drug trafficking gangs.
In 2021, the country saw a wave of prison riots that left more than 300 inmates dead. The government has declared a crackdown on drug trafficking.
Roads turning more perilous: 10 people killed in Barishal in 24 hours
Within 24 hours of a tragic road accident that left six people dead in Barishal on Wednesday, four people have lost their lives in the same district in a collision between two vehicles.
Four people were killed and 12 others injured in a collision between a bus and a microbus on Dhaka-Barishal highway in Ujirpur upazila of Barishal on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Ruhul Amin, Abdur Rahman, Md Hasan and Nurul Amin of Gazipur district.
All the deceased were passengers of the microbus.
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Ali Arshad, officer-in-charge of Ujirpur Police Station, said the accident occurred at noon when the Dhaka-bound ‘Molla Paribahan bus’ from Patuakhali rammed the Barishal-bound microbus from Dhaka at Shikarpur, leaving a man dead on the spot and 15 other people injured.
Of the injured, three died on the way to Upazila Health Complex.
Police seized the vehicles but no one was arrested in this connection.
Besides, six people were killed in another road accident occurred on the busy Dhaka-Kuakata highway Wednesday noon.
Alauddin Milon, officer-in-charge of Bakerganj Police Station, said the accident occurred when the Barishal-bound bus hit a three-wheeler in the upazila, leaving four of its passengers dead on the spot and three others injured.
The three injured of the same family were sent to SBMCH where Sathi Akther succumbed to her injuries Thursday morning and her child Farhana died in the afternoon.
Road accidents in Bangladesh
As many as 524 people including 73 children were killed and 821 others injured in 467 road accidents across the country in June.
Of these, 204 people died in motorbike accidents alone during this period, which is 38.93% of the total fatalities, the Road Safety Foundation said in its latest report released on July 4.
Besides, 107 pedestrians, 86 drivers and their assistants were killed in the accidents .
Meanwhile, Bangladesh witnessed 398 deaths on roads in 319 accidents in just 15 days during journeys before and after Eid-ul-Azha this year.
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The accidents and deaths recorded on Bangladesh roads during Eid-ul-Azha were highest in the last 7 years, according to a report prepared by Jatri Kalyan Samiti, a passenger welfare organization.
Auto-rickshaw driver stabbed by muggers in Dhaka's Khilgaon dies
A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver, who was stabbed by muggers in Dhaka's Khilgaon Sunday, died at a hospital in the early hours of Monday, police said.
Mamun Howlader, 48, was from Mehendiganj upazila, Barishal, and lived in a rented house with his family in Kamrangir Char, Dhaka.
"The incident occurred Sunday afternoon. The critically injured Mamun was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and he succumbed to his injuries at 4:05am today," Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH Police Outpost, said.
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"The body was sent to DMCH morgue for autopsy," he added.
Mamun's nephew Arif Hossain said his uncle was attacked as he was having tea after completing a trip to Khilgaon's Taltola.
At this time, some muggers tried to snatch his auto-rickshaw keys. As Mamun resisted he was stabbed repeatedly.
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As the auto-rickshaw driver screamed for help, locals rushed there and caught one of the attackers and handed him over to police, Arif said.