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Street Accident
Among
daily's unfortunate occurrences, street accident is very common. Despite all
efforts to prevent accident, it happens every day. Ours is a very over-populated
country. Here roads are very busy and narrow. That is why street accidents take
place very frequently. Careless driving is also responsible for this. Day before
yesterday a terrible accident took place just before my eyes. It occurred in
front of Dhaka College. I was going to the New Market. When I reached the
college gate, suddenly I heard a scream of a boy. I found that a boy, who was
crossing Mirpur Road, was run over by a speedy truck. When the truck was a few
feet away from him, the boy got puzzled and ran backwards and forwards. The
driver tried desperately to hold the break but failed. The truck ran over the
boy. He was crushed under the wheels of the truck and his body was changed into
a lump of flesh. The truck was stopped. The passers-by crowded there. The boy
was taken up from the pool of blood. A gentleman offered his car to carry the
boy to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. In the evening I came to know that the
boy had breathed his last on the way to hospital, and I was greatly shocked at
this. The truck along with the driver had been taken to police custody. But that
horrible scene still haunts my mind. However, we all should always bear in
mind that life is more valuable than time. Moreover, some proper steps should be
taken and some strict rules should be introduced to stop street accidents.
