Editorial
The systemic flaws remain unrectified
Onlookers surround the wreckage of an ambulance that collided with a bus on Barishal-Dhaka Highway in Rampotti area of Barishal’s Babuganj upazila. A newborn was killed and 15 other people were injured in the accident. The photo was taken on February 22. Photo: Titu Das
Hardly a day passes without the painful news of deaths in road accidents. And it seems that we are helpless to do anything to redress the horrendous situation. Either that, or the administration is least concerned about the problem. Only the day before yesterday, a newborn was killed and at least 15 others were injured when an ambulance collided head-on with a bus in Barisal's Babuganj upazila. Yesterday, at least five people were killed and 23 others were injured in a head-on-collision between a bus and a truck at Konabari in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj district. We accept that if we have vehicles on the road accidents will happen, but most of the accidents that occur so frequently on our roads and highways are quite avoidable.