Gazipur, Jan 25 (UNB) - Garment workers damaged or burnt a number of vehicles on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Board Bazar amid massive violence on Monday morning following the death of fellowman in a latest fatal road accident on the route.

The angry mob also put up barricades on the accident spot, disrupting traffic on the busy highway for about four hours.

Witnesses said a bus ploughed through 14 people at Board Bazar at about 8am, killing garment worker Sujon, 25, instantly.

“As the death news spread, the angry fellow-workers took to the street, damaged at least 15 vehicles and set ablaze some others,” says a firsthand account of the backlash against the accident, which occurred in succession to another fatal mishap that took place on Sunday night.

The unruly protestors also clashed with police as the law-enforcers rushed in to quell the troubles.

Chase and counter-chase ensued when police charged batons on the workers and lobbed teargas shells, leaving 15 people injured, the sources said.

The enraged workers also pelted the police with brickbats in the street rioting.

The police force took control of the situation after three hours of the raging unrest.

Earlier on Monday night, four Ijtema devotees were killed and 11 injured in a collision between a truck and a human hauler at Rajendrapur in Sadar upazila.

Three of the deceased were identified as Abdul Hamid, 60, Sirajuddin, 60, and Hafizuddin 65, hailed from Shimultala village in Sreepur upazila of Gazipur. The identity of the human-hauler driver could not be known.

Police seized the killer truck but its driver and helper managed to escape following the accident.