DHAKA, March 19 — At least 19 people were killed and up to 25 injured today in Bangladesh after a bus smashed through a highway fence and plunged into a roadside ditch, according...
DHAKA, March 19 — At least 19 people were killed and up to 25 injured today in Bangladesh after a bus smashed through a highway fence and plunged into a roadside ditch, according to police.
Police said they suspected the driver lost control at 8am and hit the railing of a recently built major expressway, sending the bus tumbling 9 metres into the ditch. “The death toll has risen to 19. At least 12 people were critically injured. They have been sent to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the capital,” local police chief Masud Alam told AFP after the crash in the southern district of Shibchar.
Road accidents are frequent in Bangladesh due to old and badly maintained vehicles and roads, as well as poorly trained drivers. According to the Bangladeshi passengers’ welfare association, a record 9,951 people were killed in road accidents in Bangladesh last year. — AFP
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