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Bangladesh has one of the
world's highest death rates from road accidents, mainly due to the poor state
of roads and vehicles and a failure to comply with traffic regulations ©Munir
Uz Zaman (AFP)
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At least 25 people were
killed and many more injured when a packed bus slammed into a tree in
Bangladesh early Thursday, police said.
The driver told a local
television station he had lost control of the bus after being attacked by
robbers armed with knives who tried to grab the steering wheel.
Police had earlier said
the driver had been killed in the collision.
Local police chief Nazmul
Islam said the accident occurred during an overnight journey on the
Barisal-Dhaka highway.
"In all 22 people
died on the spot and later three more died in the hospital," he told AFP,
adding that 19 of the roughly 50 people on board were injured, some critically.
Police have launched an
investigation into the cause of the crash.
Bangladesh has one of the
world's highest death rates from road accidents, mainly due to the poor state
of roads and vehicles and a failure to comply with traffic regulations.
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