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At the very least 15 die in horror crash in Bangladesh as employees had been ‘travelling for Eid’

The automobile overturned on a serious motorway.

At the very least 15 folks died within the incident (Picture: FINANCIAL EXPRESS)

At the very least 15 folks died and 10 extra had been injured after a truck overturned on a serious freeway. The automobile was reportedly carrying iron rods and additional passengers on the time of the incident on Monday.

The crash occurred after the driving force misplaced management at round 5am native time within the Soratoil space within the Tangail district, in central Bangladesh, native police chief Fuad Hossain mentioned. The realm is positioned some 52 miles northwest of the capital, Dhaka.

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Mr Hossain mentioned the truck was carrying hitchhiking passengers and heading from Dhaka to the northern area, as vacationers started travelling forward of the Islamic competition Eid al-Adha on Thursday.

The truck overturned and killed them on the scene, he mentioned.

The official mentioned a lot of the passengers had been day labourers and had been on the street to affix their households for the competition.

Witnesses informed TV stations that they rushed to the scene after listening to noise and began rescuing passengers who obtained trapped.

Highway accidents kill hundreds yearly within the nation of greater than 170 million folks.

This comes after a horror crash in March, when a packed passenger bus plunged right into a river, killing 18 folks.

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