Bailey bridge in Tangail collapses, one dies
Road link with Aricha snapped
The bailey bridge near Elasin Bazar in Delduar upazila of Tangail district collapsed under the pressure of a stone-laden truck on Sunday afternoon, causing death to one and injuries to 15 others. Vehicular movement on busy Tangail-Aricha road has remained suspended following the accident. Photo: STAR
One person was killed and 15 others were injured as a bailey bridge near Elasin Bazar in Delduar upazila collapsed on a ditch when a stone-laden truck, four three-wheelers and a motorcycle were crossing it on Sunday afternoon. Vehicular movement on busy Tangail-Aricha road, especially of heavy vehicles including passenger buses and goods-laden trucks, has remained suspended following the bridge collapse, sources in Roads and Highways Department (RHD) said. However, some light vehicles are trying to cross the area using a LGED constructed road through an adjacent village. The bridge collapsed when the stone-laden truck came to its middle point, causing injuries to at least 16 people, police and witnesses said. Critically injured Afroza Begum, passenger of a three-wheeler, succumbed to her injuries after she was taken to a hospital in Dhaka while the others were admitted to different hospitals including Tangail General Hospital, said Abu Bakar Siddique, officer-in-charge of Delduar police station. Being informed, lawmaker of Tangail-6 Khandakar Abdul Baten, Tangail Deputy Commissioner M Bazlul Karim Chowdhury and Delduar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Shibir Bichitra Barua rushed to the spot, supervised the rescue operations and formed a three-member committee to inquire into the incident. They also directed the authorities concerned to take immediate steps about five other risky bridges on the road from Tangail to Elasin. When contacted, Golam Mostofa, executive engineer of RHD in Tangail, could not say how long it will take to resume vehicular movement on the busy road as the matter of repairing or reconstructing the bridge will be decided after higher authorities of RHD inspect the spot.
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