Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)– More than 63 people, including two police sub-inspectors, were killed and 203 others injured in more than 32 road accidents across the country in the last five days.
Of the total accidents, 10 were involving motorcycles colliding with passenger buses or crashing into trucks or microbuses while overtaking, The Daily Star, a local newspaper, reported on Tuesday.
Also, a good number of people were killed when passenger buses hit small vehicles like CNG-run auto-rickshaws, microbus and pick-up vans. Reckless driving caused most of the accidents.
On and the day before the Eid day, four people including a five-year-old boy were killed in road crashes in the city’s Shyamoli, Adabar, Uttara and Kafrul areas.
BBN/SI/AD-14Sep10-11:02 am (BST)
