CHANDINA (COMILLA): After 15 hours of gridlock, the vehicular movement in Dhaka-Chittagong highway came to normalcy Friday evening.

Highway Police of Eliotganj outpost in-Charge (Sergeant) Asaduzzaman said the highway became traffic jam free by the frantic effort of the police members around 6:30pm.

Earlier, a 15-kilometre gridlock was created on the highway, following a goods-laden truck tumbled upside down on the highway in Nimsar area of Burichong upazila at 3:30am.

The tailback was stretched from Kutumbapur in Chandina upazila to Nimsar in Burichong upazila till filing of the report.

A good number of vehicles got stranded on the both sides of the accident spot, causing immense sufferings to thousands of passengers amid hot weather.

BDST: 2008 HRS, MAY 15, 2015
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