A tragic incident took place in Bangladesh‘s Chhatrakanda area, where a bus plunged into a pond, killing at least 17 people, including three children and 35 others left injured, said the media reports.
According to the survivors, they blamed the driver’s carelessness for this heart-wrenching incident. They also said that the bus, they were travelling in, was overloaded with passengers, which might have contributed to the accident.
The Barishal-bound bus of “Bashar Smriti Paribahan”, which was carrying over 60 passengers against its capacity of 52, left Pirojpur’s Bhandaria around 9:00 am and fell into a roadside pond in Chhatrakanda under the Jhalakathi Sadar Upazila on the Barishal-Khulna highway around 10:00 am.
Speaking to local media, Md Momin, a survivor said, “I boarded the bus from Bhandaria. The bus was overcrowded with passengers. Some of them were standing on the aisle. I saw the driver talking to the supervisor. Suddenly, the bus came off the road and crashed.”
“All the passengers were trapped inside the bus. As it was overloaded, the bus drowned instantly. I could somehow manage to scramble out of the bus,” he added.
Taking notes from the incident, Barishal Divisional Commissioner Md Shawkat Ali confirmed that all 17 people died on the spot and the remaining injured were carried to the hospital, said the media reports.
Most of the victims are residents of Pirojpur’s Bhandaria upazila and Jhalkathi’s Rajapur area, said police.
Nowadays, in Bangladesh, bus accidents have become common. According to the Road Safety Foundation (RSF), a total of 559 road accidents occurred only in June. the accidents claimed 562 people and 812 others sustained injuries.
The highest number, 247 (44.18 per cent), of accidents, occurred on regional roads, 182 (32.55 per cent) on national highways, 59 (10.55 per cent) on rural roads, and three (0.53 per cent) on urban roads, it added.
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