Eid rush: 323 dead, highest number of road accidents in 6 years, says report
At least 323 people were killed and 622 were injured in 318 road accidents in 15 days of Eid rush this year, according to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.
At least 323 people were killed and 622 were injured in 318 road accidents in 15 days of Eid rush this year, according to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity.
The number of road crashes during the Eid rush is the highest in last six years, the Samity's Secretary General Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury said.
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Mozammel shared the findings of the report at a press conference at Jatiya Press Club today.
The organisation prepared the report on the basis of news published in the media.