Road fatalities double in Cumilla in nine months with 525 deaths, 1,200 injuries

At least three road accidents occur every day on Cumilla highways, killing two and injuring at least five people daily -- a rate nearly double that of last year, according to Highway Police. Data from the Dhaka–Chattogram, Cumilla–Noakhali, Cumilla–Sylhet, and Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar highways, spanning 792km, paint a grim picture of rising fatalities across the region. From January to September this year, the region recorded 842 accidents, killing 525 people and injuring 1,210, said Superintendent of Police Shahinur Alam Khan of Cumilla Highway Region. On the Dhaka–Chattogram Highway alone, from Daudkandi Toll Plaza in Cumilla to Chattogram City Gate, 465 accidents killed 284 people and injured 509. Highway Police data show that compared with 2024, both the number of accidents and...