News Desk :
Seven people were killed and 12 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Boraigram upazila of Natore district on Saturday.
Two of the deceased were identified as Kawsar Ali, 16, and his sister Sadia, 12, while the identities of the others could not be known yet, reports UNB.
Munshi Shahab Uddin, superintendent of Bogura Highway Police, said the accident occurred around 11.15am when a Rajshahi-bound ‘National Travel Paribahan’ bus from Dhaka crashed into another bus coming from the opposite direction.
The crash left six people dead on the spot, he said, adding that the injured were rushed to nearby hospitals and clinics. “Of the injured, a woman succumbed to her injuries at a clinic in the Banpara area.”
Eye-witnesses attributed the accident to reckless driving on the part of the two bus drivers.
As many as 6,284 people, including 927 women and 734 children, were killed in 5,371 reported road accidents across the country in 2021.
Road Safety Foundation (RSF), an organisation that campaigns for safe roads, on Saturday revealed a new report on 2021 accidents on Bangladesh’s perilous roads.
According to the report, 7,468 people suffered injuries in road accidents last year.
Besides, 166 died in road accidents in March this year in Bangladesh, according to a report by Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC).
