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Road accidents kill 34 in 3 days

Reckless driving, overloading during Eid holidays major reasons behind accidents

Star Report
At least 34 people were killed and more than 500 injured in road accidents in the capital and other areas of the country during the Eid holi-days from Friday to Sunday.
Of the victims, three were killed and about 300 injured in the city and its outskirts, hospital sources said.
I he accidents occurred mainly due to reckless driving and overloading of passenger buses.
Around 83 people injured in the road accidents were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and many more were admitted to other city hospitals including Pangu Hospital and Suhrawanii Medical College Hospital.
On Sunday, an accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Mehrabari in Bhaluka upazila left nine people including three women killed and 40 injured.
Police said most of the victims --rickshawpullers and domestic helps -- were returning from the capital.
A Mymensingh bound overloaded passenger bus from Dhaka skidded off the road and fell into a ditch at Mehrabari while trying to avoid a head-on collision with a truck, killing three on the spot.
At least five people were killed and 16 injured as a bus carrying home-bound people fell into a roadside ditch at Paddarmor in Daulatdia upazila of Rajbari Friday morning. In Jamalpur, a policeman and two others died when a passenger bus skidded off the road and flipped on Friday. At least 20 people were injured in the accident.
A UNB report says two passenger buses collided head-on at Ashukandi in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj killing three persons and injuring 40.
In Comilla, three persons were killed and 10 injured when a Dhaka-bound bus fell into a roadside ditch at Purnamati Bazar under Burichang upazila in Comilla on Sunday.
Police said the bus was carrying returnees to the capital after the Eid. The injured were admitted to Comilla Medical College Hospital.
Two people were killed and 10 injured as a speeding microbus hit a truck standing at Chaklamor on Dhaka-Pabna highway in Santhia upazila of the district in the early hours of Friday.
Police and locals said some 12 people were coming
to Pabna in the microbus for celebrating the Eid.
In Dinajpur, at least two persons were killed and one was injured critically as a bus hit a motorcycle carrying the three. The accident occurred near Gorea Bazar in Biraganj upazila Friday morning, according to police sources.
l\vo persons including a woman were killed in two road accidents on the Eid day inPatuakhali.
One person was killed and 10 were injured in two accidents on Natore-Dhaka highway in Natore on Friday.
Police and witnesses said in one incident a truck fell into a roadside ditch near Mahisbhanga village, and in the other a bhotbhoti' (shallow engine-driven vehicle) collided with a motorcycle.
In Gopalganj, an elderly person died on the spot when a bus crushed him under its wheel at Pona bus stand in Kashiani upazila.
A boy was killed in an accident on Magura-Jessore highway at Bhitasayer on Saturday.