A 50-kilometre long tailback was created yesterday on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway following a road accident in Chandina upazila in Comilla that killed a truck driver.
Thousands of people suffered as traffic got stuck on both sides of the highway.
Highway (North zone) Additional Police Super Enam Ahmed said: “The traffic gridlock was created 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, a resident of Bakerganj upazila in Barisal, died on the spot.”
He said the tailback was created from Meghna-Gomoti Bridge under Daudkandu upazila to sadar upazila’s Alekharchar area since the morning.