80-km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg highway

Vehicles remain stranded on Dhaka-Chittagong highway following a road crash at Jinglatoli in Daudkandi Thursday morning. Photo: STARStar Online Report

Homebound passengers got stuck in an 80-kilometre traffic jam on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway from Daudkandi toll plaza to Chouddagram in Comilla after a collision between two vehicles killed a man early Thursday.
Highway police said a Dhaka-bound lorry collided with a Chittagong-bound covered van at Jinglatoli in Daudkandi around 5:00am, halting traffic movement on the highway.
Van driver Kazi Liton, 40, and his helper were injured in the collision. They were rushed to Daudkandi Upazila Health Complex where Liton succumbed later, reports a Daudkandi correspondent.
Vehicular movements on the highway slowed down on after a lorry overturned Wednesday morning. But the traffic gridlock has taken a serious turned today following the road crash.
Though police removed both the damaged vehicles after three hours using a wrecker, the condition could not be eased until 11:00am.
Garment worker Sumi, 22, who left Chittagong for Dhaka by a bus of Unique Paribahan, said she got reached Chauddagram in Comilla at 3:00am though she was supposed to reach the capital by this time.
Samsuzzaman, president of Comilla Krishak League, said he crossed only nine kilometres of the highway in two hours.