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8 Bangladeshi killed in Saudi road accident
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28 Mar 2023, 22:19
The Bangladesh Embassy said, "Eight Bangladeshi were killed in the Saudi Arabia road accident.
At least 20 passengers were killed when a bus carrying pilgrims on their way to the holy city of Mecca to perform Umrah in Saudi Arabia crashed into a bridge and overturned. 8 of them are Bangladeshi.
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407 killed in road accidents during Eid-ul-Fitr
At least 407 people were killed in 399 accidents on the country's roads and highways during the Eid-ul-Fitr this year. In addition, 1398 people were injured. This information has revealed in the observation of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.
Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury, secretary general of the organisation disclosed this information at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) in the capital on Saturday (April 20).
He said in a written statement that 407 people were killed and 1398 people were injured among 399 road accidents in last 15 days from the starting of Eid journey 4 April to 18 April when return to workplace. In last Eid-Ul-Fitr 2023, 328 people were killed and 565 were injured among 304 road accidents. Comparing to last year, road accidents 31.25%, Loss of life 24.08%, and Injured 147.43% has increased.
According to the reports, motorcycle accidents were in top of road accidents as usual. 165 people were killed and 240 people were injured among 198 motorcycle accidents in this Eid which is 49.62% of road accidents, 40.54% of killed people and 30.37% of injured people.
During this period, 24 people were killed and 21 injured in 18 accidents on the railway. Seven people were killed and five injured in two accidents on waterways. A total of 438 people were killed and 1,424 others injured in 419 accidents on road, rail and waterways.
Truck falls into ditch in Sajek, 6 killed
6 workers were killed and 8 more were injured when a labor truck fell into a ditch at Sajek in Rangamati.
The accident took place at Nobboi Degree area of the Udaipur border road on Wednesday afternoon (April 24).
According to some sources, 14 workers in a dump truck were going to work for the construction of the border road from Khagrachari to Sajek when the vehicle lost control and fell down the mountain slope. 6 people died on the spot, Atulal Chakma, chairman of Sajek Union Parishad confirmed the matter.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Baghaichari Circle) Md. Abdul Awal said that, the police BGB and the army reached to the spot to rescue the injured and the dead.
Truck-Van crashes in Bagerhat, 3 killed
Three were killed and two others injured when a truck hit an engine-driven rickshaw-van on Khulna-Mongla highway at Rampal in Bagerhat this morning.
Md Saeed Moral (45) died on the spot. Four people including the driver were injured. After rescuing the injured, taking them to the health complex of Rampal upazila, doctors declared two others dead.
The deceased are Md Saeed Moral, son of Rezzak Moral, Md Azad Moral, son of Ekhlas Moral and Mohammad Moni Mallik, son of Maqbul Mallik. All of them were the passengers of the rickshaw-van.
Inspector of Special Branch of Bagerhat District Police, Mohammad Babul Akhter, confirmed the matter.
The Police seized the truck and detained its driver.
3 killed from the same family in Munshiganj road accident
Three members of the same family were killed while two others were injured in a road accident in the Gazaria section of Munshiganj.
The accident took place on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Baushia area on Friday (May 3) night.
The deceased are Alamgir Hossain (58), son of Hossain Ali Bepari of Kadra village in Shahrasti upazila of Chandpur. His younger son Zahirul Islam (27), and his maternal aunt Rahela Begum (55). The injured are Alamgir Hossain's elder son Nazrul Islam (30) and driver Ibrahim Khalil Sujan (33).
Ghazaria highway police outpost in-charge Md Humayun Kabir said, 'The bodies are currently in the police outpost. Police are trying to identify the covered van. covered van. Legal action in this regard is under process.'
He also said that a private car carrying them to Dhaka. It was hit by a covered van when it came in front of the Mana Bay water park on Friday night at 1.30 pm (May 3). The car fell into the ditch on the side of the road. At that time, three people including Alamgir Hossain died on the spot. The fire service workers rescued the two injured including the driver and sent them to the upazila health complex.
