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Summary The accident took place in the Keraniganj area near Dhaka.
Police in Bangladesh say a speeding bus collided head-on with a car just outside the capital, killing 11 bus passengers and the cars driver.Police official Sakhwat Hossain says Wednesdays accident took place in the Keraniganj area near Dhaka.He says nine people died at the scene while two others succumbed to their injuries on the way to a hospital. Hossain says many of the victims were heading out of the capital for a holiday.Fatal road accidents are common in Bangladesh, mainly because of lax traffic rules and poor road conditions. They claim up to 12,000 lives per year.
