DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) \u2014 A truck carrying iron rods and extra passengers overturned on a major highway early Monday in central Bangladesh, leaving at least 15 people dead and 10 others injured, police said. <\/p>\n
The crash happened after the driver lost control around 5 a.m. at Soratoil area in Tangail district, 83 kilometers (52 miles) northwest of the nation’s capital, Dhaka, said local police chief Fuad Hossain. <\/p>\n
Hossain said the truck was carrying hitchhiking passengers and travelling from Dhaka to the northern region as vacationers began traveling ahead of the Islamic festival Eid al-Adha on Thursday. The truck overturned and killed them at the scene, he said. <\/p>\n
The official said most of the passengers were day laborers and were traveling to join their families for the festival. <\/p>\n
Witnesses told TV stations that they rushed to the scene after hearing noise and started rescuing passengers who got trapped. <\/p>\n
Road accidents kill thousands every year in the nation of more than 170 million people because of lax oversight of traffic rules, bad road conditions and unskilled driving. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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