We are deeply shocked and saddened at the tragic deaths of so many people in a fatal road accident on the Dhaka-Khulna highway at Sadar upazila in Faridpur district. At least 13 people were dead and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup van on the highway.
All the victims were passengers of the pickup van, and five of them were from the same family. The accident happened when the Magura-bound bus of Unique Paribahan from Dhaka collided with the Dhaka-bound pickup van.
Eleven people died on the spot, and two died after being taken to the hospital. The injured were taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College (BSMMC) in Faridpur. This tragic incident sent a shock wave across the country.
Country’s most highways and roads have become death traps for the travellers with deadly accidents occurring almost on a regular basis. The trend in road crash death is becoming alarming across the country.
The trend in road
crash death is becoming
alarming across the country
Reckless driving, poor traffic management, movement of unfit and slow-pace vehicles on highways, semiskilled drivers and lack of their physical and mental fitness, undetermined working hours, lack of capability of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, lack of awareness on traffic rules, extortion in the transport sector are contributing to occur road accidents in the country. Therefore, whatever the government and other stakeholders do to stop the road crash, the fact is that there is no minimum improvement in the country’s road safety prospects till date.
People, who travel from one place to another by road or highway, feel they are not safe. We continue witnessing countless people dying on the roads and highways every day as there is almost no effective measure to prevent accidents.
People do not want to hear the news of such tragic accidents every day. Such death is causing an irreparable loss to every family of the victims. Country’s many families were ruined due to road crash. The government and other stakeholders must rethink the issue seriously as there is no alternative to prevent road crash immediately.
