Fatefully, Liyana’s dream will just remain a dream as a road accident killed her yesterday morning when she was on her way to work from the Kalachandpur area. Family shell-shockedJoyonto, who is an accounting department student at Dhaka University, told Dhaka Tribune they had moved to the capital city four years ago in search of a better life. But his sister’s tragic death as a result of reckless driving has shattered all their dreams. “But it may now become an uphill task.”Road accident culprits go largely unpunishedSuspects in road accident cases go scot free without witnesses, faulty probe reports, and negligence of police. The report blamed reckless driving, overtaking, constructional error of the road, unfit vehicles, careless attitude of pedestrians, unskilled drivers, use of mobile and headphones while driving vehicles, driving after use of drugs, sudden appearance of vehicles on the highway and rail crossings from the feeder roads, lack of and grabbing of footpaths, overloading vehicles and increase in the number of small vehicles as the reasons behind the accidents.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 18, 2019 16:02 UTC