Sylhet, May 4 -- At least 44 people were killed and 75 others were injured in 37 road crashes in the Sylhet division in April.

Nirapad Sarak Chai (NISCHA), a voluntary social organisation dedicated to ensuring safe roads, revealed this information in a statement on Saturday signed by Zahirul Islam Mishu, co-organising secretary of the NISCHA Central Committee, member secretary of the Sylhet Divisional Committee, and convener of Sylhet District.

According to the statement, Sylhet district witnessed the maximum number of crashes while Moulvibazar saw the minimum number of accidents.

Sylhet district alone saw 21 deaths and 45 injuries in 18 road accidents. In Sunamganj, ten people died and 18 were injured in eight road accidents, while in...