The road communications with Longdu upazila and Merung of Dighinala upazila with other parts of the country has been suspended as a bailey bridge collapsed on Dighinala-Merung road at Choumohoni at Dighinala upazila of Khagrachchari district.
Shakil Mohammad Foysal, executive engineer of Khagrchchari Roads and Highways Department (RHD), said that the bailey bridge collapsed at about 9:30 am when two woods-laden trucks were trying to cross the bridge at a time.
Dighinala Road and Highways Department assistant Bir Bhadra Chakma said it was forbidden to carry more than five tonnes through the bailey bridge. But the trucks were carrying at least 50 tonnes of timber.
However, at least eight people were injured when the two trucks fell into a roadside ditch after breaking the bailey bridge on the Boalkhali canal at the upazila.
A team of Khagrchchari Roads and Highways Department visited the spot. “It may take some days to resume the communications,” said Foysal.
However, no one was arrested as the drivers of the two trucks went into hiding after the incident.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Dighinala Police Station Uttam Chandra Dev said that they are investigating the matter.
