Thirty Eid holidaymakers were injured after their bus overturned and fell into a roadside ditch in Sylhet’s Golapganj upazila Friday, police said.
The accident occurred on Sylhet-Zakiganj-Beanibazar Road in Phulbari union around 6.30pm.
“The bus was travelling with 30 passengers on board from Sylhet to Zakiganj when the driver lost control of the vehicle, leading to the accident. Locals rescued the passengers and rushed them to the upazila health complex and Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital, ” said Haroon Aur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Golapganj Police Station.
“Efforts are on to nab the bus driver who fled after the accident,” the officer said.
Road accidents are common in Bangladesh. At least 2,329 people, including 291 women and 381 children, were killed and 4,361 others injured in 2,159 road accidents across the country in the first half of the current year, says a new report by the Road Safety Foundation.
The road accidents took place on highways, national, inter-district and regional roads between January 1 and June 30 across the country.
Source: United News of Bangladesh