Among
daily‘s unfortunate occurrences, street accident is very common. Despite all
efforts to prevent accident, it happens everyday. 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 the 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 the Dhaka Medical
College Hospital.
In the evening I came to know that the boy had breathed his last on way to the
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