60-km tailback on Dhaka-Tangail highway

FE Team | Published: August 17, 2013 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

Vehicles remained stuck in a 60-kilometre-long tailback on Dhaka-Tangail Highway Friday, causing immense sufferings to the passengers, returning to the capital after a prolonged holiday. — FE Photo

SIRAJGANJ, Aug 16 (NB): Thousands of passengers suffered a lot as a 60-km tailback was created on Dhaka-Bogra highway on Friday following a road accident. Police said two goods-laden Dhaka-bound trucks drove into the road divider on the western side of Bangabandhu Bridge around 5:30am, disrupting traffic on the highway. The accident created a 60-km tailback from Patila in Raiganj upazila of the district to Karotoa in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail. Although both trucks were removed from the spot by a wrecker after several hours, the situation could not be normal at 3:30pm due to huge pressure of vehicles as many people who went to their ancestral homes to celebrate Eid were returning to the capital on Friday.