A 35km tailback has been caused on Dhaka-Tangail- Bangabandhu Bridge Highway on Friday (8 July) due to a road accident on the Bangabandhu Bridge. 

"One person was killed in a collision involving a bus and a pickup van near pillar no 17 on the west side of the bridge. The bridge authorities stopped collecting tolls for one hour and 40 minutes. There is also the pressure of extra vehicles," Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station OC Shafiqul Islam told The Business Standard. 

According to Bangabandhu Bridge Toll Plaza sources, 12/13 thousand vehicles cross Bangabandhu Bridge everyday.

However, on Friday, 43,595 vehicles crossed the bridge in 24 hours between 12 noon on Wednesday till 12pm Thursday.

The traffic jam started from dawn on Friday from the eastern side of Bangabandhu Bridge to Rasurpur in Sadar upazila.

There was a 35 km traffic jam on the highway even at 4:30pm on Friday.

While the members of the police are struggling to reduce the traffic congestion, the Superintendent of Police Mohammad Kaiser himself is working at various points of the highway including Elenga.

SP Mohammad Kaiser said, more than 700 police had been deployed on the highway to ease traffic congestion.

Alongside buses, people were seen returning to their hometowns riskily on open trucks and pickups under the scorching sun.

Eid holidaymakers, especially women and children, suffered due to the long tailback. 

Pabna-bound bus driver Russell Mia, who was stuck in the Jokerchar area, said there were a lot of vehicles on the road. It took an hour to reach 5 km.

"I am going to Pabna to celebrate Eid with my family. My three-year-old daughter is having a hard time being stuck in the jam. Seeing that, I also feel very bad," a female passenger named Salma Begum said.