16km tailback in Comilla as truck breaks down
A truck broke down on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Comilla's Raipur area early yesterday creating a 16km tailback.
Traffic movements came to a standstill in the 16km area, from Gomta in Chandina upazila to Rajarhat in Daudkandi upazila, when the truck broke down at about 2:00am, said passengers.
On information, Daudkandi highway police removed the truck using a wrecker.
However, traffic situation worsened as soon after at about 4:00am, two trucks collided head-on at the same spot.
On information, Elliotganj highway police removed the two trucks at about 8:00am but the road cleared much later making the passengers suffer.
Mehedi Hasan, sergeant of Daudkandi highway police, said they had removed the trucks soon after the accident but tailback was made longer by haphazard driving of vehicles.
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