A series of devastating traffic accidents across five districts—Tangail, Kushtia, Narsingdi, Patuakhali, and Kurigram—resulted in the deaths of nine people on Friday. The fatalities, which occurred during a single day of transport chaos, included a heartbreaking incident involving a mother and her infant daughter. At least eight others were hospitalised, many with life-threatening injuries, as the nation’s highways once again proved perilous.
The most poignant tragedy unfolded in Tangail’s Mirzapur on the Dhaka-Tangail Highway at approximately 6:30 pm. A private car, carrying passengers from North Bengal toward the capital, had stopped on the hard shoulder in the Gorai area. A speeding truck, unable to decelerate in time, slammed into the rear of the stationary vehicle. The impact claimed the lives of 32-year-old Sadia Kabir and her ten-month-old daughter, Tajri Kabir Priyam. The victims, residents of Feni, were travelling with family when the collision occurred. Two other occupants of the car, including the driver, sustained severe injuries and are currently undergoing treatment.
Simultaneously, in the Sholdag area of Kushtia’s Bheramara, two young men were killed when a freight-laden pickup van crushed their motorcycle. The victims, identified as 20-year-olds Rashid and Siam, died instantly. Local health officials confirmed that the bodies were released to their grieving families following preliminary medical examinations.
Summary of Road Fatalities (26 December 2025)
| District | Death Toll | Major Incident Details |
| Tangail | 2 | Mother and infant killed when truck hit stationary car. |
| Kushtia | 2 | Two motorcyclists crushed by a freight pickup van. |
| Narsingdi | 2 | Pedestrian killed by bus; Pickup driver killed in head-on crash. |
| Patuakhali | 2 | Six-year-old and elderly man killed in Tomtom-Rickshaw crash. |
| Kurigram | 1 | Motorcyclist killed in head-on bus collision due to fog. |
| Total | 9 | Combined fatalities across five districts. |
In Narsingdi, two separate accidents claimed further lives. A woman was fatally struck by a bus while crossing the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway at Jailkhana Moar; remarkably, the infant she was carrying survived with minor injuries. Earlier that morning, a head-on collision between a pickup and a covered van in Belabo killed a 30-year-old driver named Rubel.
The carnage extended to the south in Patuakhali’s Dumki, where a passenger auto-rickshaw collided with a “Tomtom”—a locally improvised vehicle carrying cement. The crash killed a six-year-old boy, Robiul, and a 60-year-old man, Ibrahim Khan. Finally, in Kurigram, dense seasonal fog was blamed for a head-on collision between a “Pavel Express” bus and a motorcycle, resulting in the death of 30-year-old Faruk Ahmed.
The recurring theme across these incidents remains a combination of reckless speed, mechanical unreliability of improvised vehicles, and the environmental challenge of winter fog. While police have seized the vehicles involved in most cases, many of the drivers fled the scene to evade arrest, a common occurrence in the aftermath of highway fatalities in the region.