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The London Express and ENA Paribahan collided head-on in Rashidpur on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway yesterday. Photo: Kaler Kantho
More than one passenger had asked the driver not to drive the bus at reckless speed. But the driver did not listen to that request. At one point, the driver lost control due to this reckless speed and headed into the wrong lane. And as a result, eight people have to give their lives.
At least 20 people were injured when two London Express and ENA Paribahan buses collided head-on on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway yesterday morning. The state of some of them is critical. Initially, police and locals believe that the London Express driver caused the accident.
These are not eight; Another 15 people died yesterday on the highway in eight districts of the country. Four people, including the driver of an autorickshaw, were killed in a traffic accident at Shajahanpur in Bogra. Two people were killed when a truck ran over them in Dupchanchia upazila in the same district. Two motorcyclists were killed in a truck accident at Dhobaura in Mymensingh. Two people were killed in a collision between a truck and a motorcycle in Barisal. In addition, five more people died in road accidents in Bhangura from Pabna, Jagatpur from Habiganj, Agrabad from Chittagong, Kaliganj from Jhenaidah and Sherpur.
According to Sylhet’s office, the bus called ‘London Express’ was going to Sylhet from Dhaka with 31 passengers. And the ENA Paribahan bus was going from Sylhet to Dhaka. There were 11 riders. The accident happened around 8 am yesterday; On the Sylhet-Dhaka Highway in the Rashidpur area of South Surma.
The deceased has been identified as Imran Khan Rumel, 38, professor at the Department of Forensic Medicine at Women’s Medical College Hospital in Sylhet, Manzur Ali, 38, ENA Paribahan bus driver, Salman Khan, 28, supervisor Jahangir Hossain, 30, and Nurul Amin, 50 Nadim Ahmad Sagar, 20, from the Wari area of Dhaka, Shah Kamal, 45, from the Akhalia Nayabazar area of Sylhet city and Rahima Begum, 30, from the Chhatak Banglabazar area of Sunamganj . Six of them died on the spot. Rahima Begum and Nadeem Ahmad Sagar died at MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.
Several injured passengers said that the London Express bus crossed the Rashidpur bridge and headed to the right side and collided with the ENA Paribahan bus coming from the opposite direction. The two buses were crushed. The victims were trapped on the bus for about half an hour after the accident. Later, hearing the screams, the people of the area came forward.
Sheikh Mohammad Rahel, a passenger on the London Express, said: “Our driver was driving very fast. We were trapped on the bus for about half an hour after the accident.
Another London Express passenger said: ‘The driver was passing another car at reckless speed after leaving Dhaka. A few times we have noticed. But he didn’t listen to us.
Kobad Ali Sarkar, Deputy Director of Sylhet Fire and Civil Defense Service, said: “The London Express bus left the left side and went to the right side. Going to the right, Anna from the opposite direction pushed the bus. I assume the London Express driver lost control while crossing the bridge. The bus took the wrong lane.
South Surma Police Station OC Monirul Islam said: “There was not much fog in the morning. Looking at the situation, it seems that Anna Transport was on her own line. And the London Express car enters the opposite line and collides with Anna’s car.
Meanwhile, a serious traffic jam was created on the Sylhet-Dhaka Highway after the accident. The vehicles were stuck on both sides of the road for about three kilometers. After the rescue operation by the police and firefighters, traffic on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway normalized around 9:30 am.
The Shahjahanpur (Bogra) correspondent said that four passengers in a CNG-powered autorickshaw were killed in a three-way collision on the Dhaka-Bogra highway. They are Kalidas Chandra (62) from Demajani Hindupara from Shajahanpur upazila, Haresh Uddin (40) from the Town Colony area of Sherpur upazila, Sujoy Kumar Mahanta (40) from Gosaibari area of the same upazila and Shah Jamal (34) from the town of Anarpur from Dhunat upazila. According to the police, the accident took place on the Dhaka-Bogra road in front of the Majhira cantonment checkpoint yesterday morning. There, a truck rear-ended an autorickshaw when braking near the speed breaker. The autorickshaw lost control and collided with the passenger bus and twisted.
The correspondent for Adamdighi (Bogra) said that two people, including an easy cyclist, were killed when a truck hit them in Dupchanchia upazila. The accident took place in the Tishigari area of the Bogra-Naogaon highway at noon yesterday. The deceased were identified as 33-year-old Abdur Rauf Russell from Morgram at the Gobindpur junction and 38-year-old Muktar Hossain from Belohali village at the same junction.
According to his own correspondent (Mymensingh), two motorcyclists were killed when a truck overturned in Dhobaura. The accident took place in the Domghata area of Mekiarkanda Bazar yesterday morning. The deceased were identified as Shahidul Islam Rony, 30, from Baghber village and Zahid Hasan Russell, 28, from Kharia village.
According to Barisal’s office, two people were killed in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and a truck. The accident took place on the slope of the Shaheed Abdur Rab Serniabat bridge yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Sharif Sheikh, 20, son of Siraj Sheikh from the Algi area of the Bhanga Police Station in Faridpur. Alamin, son of Yunus (21).
The correspondent from Bhangura (Pabna) said that a boy named Saral (7) died when he was crushed under a GNC autorickshaw while crossing the street. The accident took place in the Chachakiasuja village of upazila on Thursday night. Saral is the son of Atiqur Rahman from the village of Kashipur in Faridpur upazila.
The Habiganj correspondent said that an easy cyclist was killed in a bus accident in the Jagatpur area of the Habiganj-Shayestaganj highway. The deceased was identified as Sohan Mia, a resident of Hasargaon village in Chunarughat upazila.
The correspondent for Kaliganj (Jhenaidah) said that a young man named Shimul Biswas was killed in a collision between three motorcycles. Four people were injured. The accident took place on the Kaliganj-Kotchandpur highway yesterday afternoon.
According to the Sherpur correspondent, a woman named Amena Parveen (40) died when the truck overturned. The accident took place on the Sherpur-Jamalpur highway in front of the circuit house in the Chapatli area of the city around 8 a.m. on Friday. Amena Parveen is the wife of Nur Alam Siddique from the Bagraksa area adjacent to the new bus terminal.
According to his own correspondent (Chittagong), an elderly man named Hafeez Abdus Sattar (64) died after being hit by a motorcycle. The accident took place in the Agrabad Chaumuhani area of the city around 8 a.m. yesterday. Abdus Sattar is a resident of the Daulatkhan area of Nangalkot upazila de Comilla.
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