Three people were killed and 15 others were injured after a bus overturned in Bogail area of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur on Wednesday.
Identities of the deceased could not be known yet, officer-in-charge of Bhanga highway police Md Omar Faruk said.
The accident took place at about 12:00pm, leaving three people dead on the spot.
Road accidents in Bangladesh remain one of the leading causes of deaths in Bangladesh. In the last five years, 37,170 people were killed in 26,902 accidents across the country.
Besides, 82,758 people were injured in these accidents, according to a report released by Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passenger welfare body, in October last year.
According to the report, 8,642 people were killed and 21,855 injured in 6,581 road accidents in 2015 alone.
In 2016, some 6,055 people were killed and 15,914 injured in 4,312 road accidents.
Road safety is a global development challenge. Every year, 1.35 million people worldwide lose their lives while driving, cycling, or walking on the road and another 50 million are seriously injured.
A recent World Bank study has shown that for South Asia as a whole, a 50 per cent reduction in road deaths would generate an estimated gross benefit of about $1.2 trillion.
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