Police say as much as 25 individuals had been injured after a bus smashed by means of a freeway fence and plunged right into a roadside ditch.
At the least 19 individuals have been killed and as much as 25 had been injured in Bangladesh after a bus smashed by means of a freeway fence and plunged right into a roadside ditch in Bangladesh.
The police mentioned they suspected the driving force misplaced management at 8am (02:00 GMT) on Sunday and hit the railing of a lately constructed main expressway, sending the bus, carrying greater than 40 passengers, tumbling 9 meters (30 ft) into the ditch. .
“The dying toll has risen to 19. At the least 12 individuals had been critically injured. They’ve been despatched to Dhaka Medical School Hospital within the capital,” native police chief Masud Alam instructed AFP information company after the crash within the southern district of Shibchar.
The dying toll might rise additional as a few of the injured passengers are in essential situation, mentioned Anowar Hossain, police official of Shibchar, the place the crash occurred.
The town is 80km (50 miles) from the capital Dhaka.
Street accidents are frequent in Bangladesh attributable to previous and poorly maintained automobiles and roads, in addition to poorly skilled drivers. Deadly street accidents have been on the rise regardless of the federal government saying it would cut back them by 50 p.c by 2030.
In July final yr, practically 400 individuals had been killed and practically twice that quantity had been injured in additional than 300 street accidents within the two weeks across the Eid al-Adha holidays in Bangladesh.
Based on the Bangladeshi passengers’ welfare affiliation, a report 9,951 individuals had been killed in street accidents in Bangladesh final yr.
