At least 21 people have lost their lives in road accidents in eight districts of Bangladesh during Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations.
Six people were killed in Faridpur, four in Lalmonirhat, two in Jhenaidah, three in Sirajganj, two in Tangail and Pirojpur each, and one each in Ashulia and Gazipur on Wednesday.
Reports sent from concerned districts were confirmed by police, Fire Service and Civil Defence, and doctors.
In Faridpur, six people died and at least 15 others were injured when a Chuadanga-bound bus carrying Eid holidaymakers from Dhaka hit a roadside tree at Dhuladi early in the morning.
A pickup carrying holidaymakers from Rangpur to Kurigram overturned after hitting a roadside monument in Lalmonirhat’s Barhabarhi Bazar area early in the morning, killing four and injuring at least 20 others.
Two motorcycle riders lost their lives in Jhenaidah’s Moheshpur as the bike hit a tree with three aboard, injuring the other rider.
Sirajganj saw two accidents early in the morning. Two trucks collided head-on at Bhuyangati on the Sirajganj-Bogura Highway killing one truck's driver and another truck driver’s helper.
The other accident in the district occurred on the same highway. A collision between a bus and a truck left one dead and four others injured at the time.
On the Dhaka-Tangail Highway at Kalihati near the Banagabandhu Bridge, a pickup and a bus collided head-on, killing two people and injuring at least five others, bdnews24.com reported.
A truck crushed an auto-rickshaw in Dhaka’s Ashulia, killing a police constable and injuring his four other colleagues, who were returning to the police quarters from the economic zone after duty.
A motorcycle hit another one from behind, resulting in the deaths of two riders and injury of another in Pirojpur’s Morelganj in the evening.
A pileup involving four motorcycles left a rider dead and seven others injured at Durlabhpur in Gazipur when one of the drivers suddenly pressed the brakes in an effort to save a goat.
