DHAKA, Dec 8 (NNN-BSS) – Eight people, including three members of a family, were killed, in a road accident last night, in Bangladesh’s Habiganj district, 163 km north-east of the capital Dhaka, police said.
Ershadul Haque Bhuiyan, an officer in charge of Sherpur Highway Police Station in Habiganj, told the media that, a passenger bus hit two auto-rickshaws coming from the opposite direction, leaving eight auto-rickshaw passengers dead on the spot.
According to the official, about a dozen passengers of the bus were also injured, as it plunged into a roadside ditch, after hitting the auto-rickshaws.
He said, the cause of the accident was not immediately clear.
Bangladesh has a high fatality rate for road accidents, mainly due to shoddy highways, poorly maintained vehicles, violation of traffic rules and a lack of monitoring, from the traffic department.– NNN-BSS
