A 55-kilometre tailback has been created on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway following a road accident in Chandina upazila of Comilla. Highway (North zone) Additional Police Super Enam Ahmed said: “The traffic gridlock was occurred following a head-on collision between a bus and a covered van in front of Palki Cinema Hall on the highway around 3:30am on Tuesday. The bus driver Shohag Hawlader, 26, died on the spot.” “Plying of vehicles has been completely halted from Meghna-Gomoti Bridge under Daudkandu upazila to sadar upazila’s Alekharchar area since morning.” The vehicles were moving very slowly after 3pm on Wednesday, says the official. The highway police were trying to take effective measures to normalise the situation.