Road accidents
Road accidents leave 10 dead in 6 districts
Ten people were killed and 20 others injured in separate road crashes in six districts on Thursday.
In Pabna two women died and at least 15 people suffered injuries as a bus overturned near Modhupur area in sadar upazila allegedly due to the driver’s negligence as he was talking over phone while driving.
The deceased were identified as Sultana Khatun, 27, from Sujanagar upazila and Morsheda Begum,70, from Ataikula thana of the district.
Masud Alam, Additional SP of Pabna, said the Pabna-bound bus from Shahjadpur fell into a roadside ditch as the driver lost control over the steering on Pabna-Kashinathpur highway, leaving two passengers dead on the spot.
The injured were admitted to Pabna General Hospital, he said.
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In Mymensingh, two bikers were killed in Trishal upazila as their motorcycle collided with a bus.
According to locals, the motorcycle coming from Trishal collided with a passenger bus of Shalban Paribahan coming from the opposite direction near Birampur Bhatipara area, leaving two people dead.
Nazmul Amin, Sub Inspector of Trishal police station, said of the deceased one was male and another female but their identities could not be known yet. Efforts are on to detain the driver, he said.
In Laxmipur, two people were killed and four others injured as a fish-laden pickup van crashed into a roadside tree in Ramgati upazila.
The deceased were identified as Belal Hossain, 40, and Gias Uddin 38, of Charkalakopa village in the upazila.
The accident occurred near Azadnagar area on Alexandar-Shonapur road, leaving two people dead on the spot, said Alamgir Hossain, Officer –in-Charge of Ramgati police station.
In Dinajpur, two motorcyclists were killed and another was injured being hit by a truck near Nimtala intersection in Phulbari municipality early Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Nahid Hasan Shobuj,26, from Kasapukur village, and Tazin Ahmed,18 from Shibnagar village.
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Ashraful Islam, Officer-in-charge of Phulbari police station said the accident occurred around 1:30 am as a rice-laden truck hit the motorcycle, leaving two people dead on spot.
In Joypurhat, a 21-year old college student was killed on Battali-Khetlal road in Khetlal upazila as his motorcycle crashed into a truck.
The deceased was identified as Shetu Shaha, a second year student of Bagura Azizul Haque College.
The accident oocurred around 10 am when the speeding truck hit the motorcycle near Battali Bazar area, said Rowshon Yazdani, Officer-in-Charge of khetlal police station.
Meanhwhile, a former student of Islamic University was killed in a road accident at Boholbaria village of Mirpur upazila in Kushtia on Thursday.
The deceased was identified as Abdul Khalid Bin Kuddus, 28, son of Abdul Kuddus Anowari of Poraghati village in Tangail district and a former student of Al-Quran and Islamic Studies department of the university.
Golam Mostafa, officer-in-Charge of Mirpur police station said he was crushed under the wheels of
a bus while trying to get into it.
Locals took him to Kushtia General Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
1,674 children died in Bangladesh road accidents in 28 months, says report
The number of road accidents refuses to come down, despite periodic enforcement drives by police.
As many as 1,674 children were killed in road accidents in the past 28 months (till April 2022), according to the latest report by Road Safety Foundation.
According to the report, 331 children were killed in separate crashes while travelling in vehicles from one place to another, which is 19.77% of the total deaths.
Besides, 1,027 children were killed while crossing roads or walking along the roads, accounting for 61.35% of the total deaths during the period.
Some 48 or about 2.86% of children died in different road accidents while 268 kids lost their lives while on two-wheelers, accounting for 16% of the total deaths, as per the report.
During the survey, RSF found that 72 (21.75%) children died as bus passengers, 25 children (7.55%) as occupants of private cars, microbuses and ambulances, 183 as passengers of three wheelers and 51 as passengers of unauthorised three-wheel vehicles.
Perilous roads: 4 including 3 of family killed in Rajshahi
A day after a horrific road accident in Goplaganj that left nine people dead, four people including three members of a family were killed in another road crash on Rajshahi-Naogaon highway in Paba upazila on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Aktar Hossain,35, his wife Bithi khatun,33, their daughter Mariam Jannat,4, of Niamatpur upazila and Abdul Mannan, 48 of Manda upazila in Naogaon district
Jahangir Alam, sub-inspector of Paba Police Station, said the accident occurred around 10:30 am near Aman Cold Storage when a soil-laden tractor hit two motorbikes coming from the opposite direction, leaving three people dead on the spot and another injured.
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“Abdul Mannan, one of the bike riders and Mariam, Bithi pillion of another bike died on the spot. Mariam’s father Aktar was taken to Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries later around 5 pm,” said the SI
The family was heading towards Rajshahi to attend a wedding ceremony. The bodies will be handed over to family after autopsy,” he said.
Earlier, on Saturday, Nine people, including three couple, were killed and 30 others injured when a bus hit a car and then ploughed into a bike and a couple operating a paddy-cutting machine on a farm land along the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopalganj district
Road accidents in Bangladesh continue to claim hundreds of lives every year.
As many as 543 people, including 81 children, were killed and 612 others injured in 427 road accidents in April, the Road Safety Foundation said in its latest report, released on May 7.
The non-government organisation said 206 lives were lost in 189 motorcycle accidents, which is 37.93% of the total deaths. Also, 116 pedestrians and 87 drivers and their assistants were killed in March accidents.
On the other hand, accidents on waterways claimed at least eight lives while 23 were killed and five injured in train accidents across Bangladesh last month.
Four bikers killed in separate road accidents
Four bikers were killed in two separate road accidents in Bogura and Rajshahi on Friday, police said.
In Bogura, a biker and his pillion rider were killed when a bus hit their motorcycle at Sherpur upazila in Bogura on Friday morning.
The deceased were identified as Fazar Ali Khaja, 42, and Belal Hossain, 52, of the upazila.
The accident occurred when a bus hit the motorcycle on Simabari-Ranihat regional road in Jamnagar around 7am and fled the scene, leaving the riders of the motorcycle dead on spot, said Shahidul Islam, officer-in-charge (OC) 0f Sherpur police station.
The bodies were handed over to their families, said the OC.
In Rajshahi, two youths were killed when a truck hit their bike in Godagari upazila on Friday afternoon.
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The deceased were identified as Ijaz Ahmed, 20, son of Mohammad Ali Bakul of Laxmipur area in Rajshahi city and Zahid Hossain, 20, of Pirijpur village in Godagari upazila.
The accident occurred around 3:00 pm when a Rajshahi-bound truck hit the bike, killing the biker and the pillion rider on the spot, said Kamrul Islam, officer-in-charge of Godagari Model Police Station.
The bodies will be handed over to their families after completing legal procedure, the OC added.
Police seized the truck from the spot. However, the driver and his assistant manage to flee the scene, he said.
1 killed in city road crash
One person was killed and another one got injured when a passenger bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in the city's Kalabagan area on Monday.
The victim was identified as Ujir Ahmed, 55, a fast food trader. Son of Mohammad Ali, he hailed from village Aush Para under Laksam police station in Cumilla district. He was residing with his family in Kalabagan Staff Quarter, Building No-8.
The incident took place when Ujir Ahmed was about to get into a CNG-run three wheeler in front of the Kalabagan Staff Quarter early in the morning. Suddenly a passenger bus of 'Savar Paribahan' hit the auto-rickshaw.
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Seriously injured Ujir was rushed to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctor pronounced him dead at around 6:30 am.
The driver of the three wheeler also received injuries and he was taken to a local hospital. However, his identity was not known immediately.
Abdul Majid, one of sons of the victim Ujir, said his father was going to a madrasa taking his grandson Tanjin early in the morning. The incident took place when he was about to get into a waiting CNG-run auto-rickshaw, he said.
Being informed, "I rushed my father to the emergency department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital where he was declared dead," he said.
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The CNG driver, who was also injured in the incident due to being hit by a bus of Savar Paribahan, was taken to local hospital, he added.
Road crashes claim 589 lives in March: Report
As many as 589 lives were lost while 647 people were injured in 458 road accidents across the country in March, showing an increase of 13.43% from the month of February, according to a report.
Besides, at least 19 people were killed in five waterway accidents while 17 others killed and eight others injured in 11 train accidents during the period.
Road Safety Foundation (RSF), an organisation that campaigns for safer roads, on Monday revealed this information in a new report on accidents on Bangladesh’s roads this year.
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The report was prepared based on accident news carried by seven national dailies, five online news portals and electronic media.
On average, 19 people were killed in a day in the month of March while the average rate per day was 16.75 in the month of February, the report said.
Besides, the total number of motorcycle accidents was 221 during the last month, which is 38.42 per cent of the total accidents.
According to the RSF findings, at least 162 pedestrians were killed in road accidents, which account for 27.50 percent of the total deaths.
Some 73 drivers and their assistants were also subjected to road fatalities and that is 12.39 percent of the total deaths.
According to the RSF report, 167 accidents occurred on national highways, 179 on regional highways, 68 on rural roads, 39 on city roads and five accidents occurred in others places.
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The Dhaka division witnessed the highest number of accidents with 23.93% from 25.54% while accidents while Sylhet experienced the lowest number of accident and casualty with 5.94% deaths from 5.67% accidents.
Road accidents claim 166 lives, Covid 85 in Bangladesh in March: BHRC
Some 248 people were killed in different incidents including road accident in March in Bangladesh, according to a report of Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC).
Bangladesh saw 85 Covid-linked deaths during the same time, said the report.
Of the 248 deaths, 166 died in different transport accidents, 35 died due to unknown reasons, 18 died in family violence, four in social violence, four by assailants, two by members of law enforcement agencies, two by kidnappers, one by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) while 13 by suicide.
2 killed in separate city road accidents
Two people were killed in separate road crashes in Badda and Gulshan areas of the capital on Monday.
The deceased were identified as carpenter Md Azmir Sheikh, 27, of Pabna district and Sakhina Aktar, 28, a cleaner of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC).
In Badda, Azmir was injured after being hit by a truck while crossing the road in front of Hossain Market area early Monday.
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He was later rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where doctors declared him dead around 6am.
In Gulshan, Sakhina sustained injuries on her head after being hit by a microbus while she was sweeping the road at Coca-Cola intersection in the early hours of Monday.
She was rushed to a local hospital first and then shifted to DMCH where she succumbed to her injuries around 5:30am.
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The bodies were kept at the DMCH morgue for autopsy, said Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of DMCH police outpost.
2 killed in Kushtia road accidents
Two people were killed in separate road accidents in Kushtia, police said.
One of the deceased was identified as Mohsin Hossain, 35, a cigarette factory worker and son of late Khatibur Rahman of Satbaria area in Bheramara upazila. The other deceased was Siam, 18, son of Daud of Chok Dhuboik village of the same area.
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On Friday morning, Siam was seriously injured after his motorcycle was hit by a truck in Hawakhali field area of Dhubail union in Mirpur upazila.
According to locals, he died on the way to Kushtia Sadar Hospital.
Officer-in-charge of Mirpur Police Station Golam Mostafa confirmed the death.
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Meanwhile, on Thursday night another accident occurred at Allahdarga on Daulatpur-Bheramara road as a motorcycle was hit by a truck. The injured motorcyclist died on the way to Daulatpur Upazila Health Complex.
Officer-in-charge (OC) SM Jabid Hasan of Daulatpur Police said the body was recovered and sent to Kushtia General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
16 killed, 24 injured in bus-truck collision in eastern India
At least 16 people were killed and 24 others injured on Wednesday after a bus collided with a truck laden with cooking gas cylinders in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, officials said.
The accident took place on Govindpur-Sahibganj highway in Paderkola village in Pakur district, about 351 km northeast of Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand.
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The injured were being treated in hospitals, said Pakur civil surgeon Ramdev Paswan.
Police said rescuers had to use gas cutters to bring out those trapped inside the mangled bus.
Preliminary investigations revealed that careless driving and poor visibility caused by the dense fog in the area might be the causes of the mishap.