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8 killed as trucks collide in Sirajganj

Our Correspondent, sirajganj
At least eight people were killed and 13 others Injured in a fatal road accident on the Dhaka-Bogra Highway in Ralganj upazila of Sirajganj on Wednesday night.
Ihe accident occurred at around 11.00pm at Ghurkabeltola Kolar Bridge area when a Dhaka-bound truck carrying tomatoes hit another truck loaded with straw from behind, causing both the trucks to plunge into the roadside ditch, police and eyewitnesses said.
Injured Koser Ali, the helper of the tomato-laden truck, told The Daily Star that the truck driver fell asleep leading to the tragic accident.
Seven people aboard the trucks were killed on the spot, while another one died on the way to Bogra hospital.
The dead were identified as truck driver Lal Mia, 40, Ershad Ali, 30, and Raton, 32, all of them from Dariapur village in Rangpur, Rezaul Karim, 27, Rahimuddin, 35, Jahangir Alam, 33, and Moslem Ali, 34, all from Kalikamari village in Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj and Fayzul Islam, 60, of Kacharikanda village in Dadira upazila of Shariatpur.
Police and locals rushed to the spot after the accident and rescued the injured.
They were admitted to Sirajganj Sadar Hospital, Raiganj upazila health complex and Bogra Mohammad Ali Hospital. Of them, condition of three is very’ critical, the doctors said.
Most of the deceased and the injured were either traders or labourers.
Police recovered the bodies and sent those to Sirajganj Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsy. A case was lodged with Hatikumrul Highway Police Station.
Ashraf Ali, deputy commissioner and Alamgir Rahman, police super in Sirajganj, visited the spot.
After the inauguration of Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge, the number of accidents, especially on the western side of the bridge, has seen a sharp rise, locals said.
The statistics from the Hatikumrul Highway Police Station say that over 100 accidents, some of them major, occurred between January 2007 and March 2008 under the station’s jurisdiction killing some 151 people and injuring 165.
But the actual figure is double the number; a police official said seeking anonymity.
Contacted, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station Tozammel Haque cited absence of road dividers, lack of proper training to the drivers and their tendency to overload the vehicles as the main reasons behind the accidents.