DHAKA - at least 17 people were killed and more than 30 others were injured when a goods truck loaded and passenger bus struck the night in the area of Bogra, Shajahanpur, in Bangladesh, about 200 kilometres to the Northwest of the capital, Dhaka, Thursday (29/7/2011).
Police quoted by the private UNB news agency said, the truck collided with a bus Dhaka, aimed at passengers in the opposite direction. "As the 11 passengers were killed on place and more than 30 wounded to 06.00 local time," said unb. ".
Six of the injured victim dies en route to a local hospital. All the victims were passengers on the bus berpenumpang night exceed the carrying capacity. Police, said the second vehicle, the driver is driving negligent and has lost control.
Bangladesh is a country with one of the highest rates of death for accidents on the roads of the world. The cause, the roads in bad condition, vehicles are well maintained, violation of the rules of traffic by the pilots and the lack of supervision of the Ministry of traffic.
According to a study of University Accident Research Centre of Engineering Technology, Bangladesh recently, about 10 000 to 12 000 people were killed in accidents on the roads in Bangladesh each year, and about 75 per cent of the deaths occurred in rural areas.
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