ATLEAST 26 DIES AS SPEED BOAT OVER TURNED IN BANGLADESH RIVER

  • 03/05/2021

An overcrowded speedboat ferrying over 30 passengers and defying the COVID-19 restrictions capsized after hitting a stationary sand-laden cargo vessel in the Padma River on Monday, leaving at least 26 people dead, a senior Bangladesh police officer said.The accident occurred at the old Kanthalbari ferry terminal in Shibchar upazila of Madaripur at around 8 am. The boat, driven by an inexperienced driver, overturned in the Padma River in central Bangladesh while heading for Madaripur district from Munshiganj district.Rescuers have retrieved at least 26 bodies, police said."We have retrieved 26 bodies, rescued alive five others ,but searches are underway for more as several speedboat passengers are feared missing," said Ashiqur Rahman, the police inspector of a nearby ferry terminal."Witnesses and survivors said the boat was carrying over 30 passengers and the vessel was transporting sand in the Padma River near the town of Shibchar of Madaripur," he said.Divers from the local fire service station and river police rushed to the spot and joined the rescue operation, he added.All the deceased - one female and 25 males - were passengers of the speedboat

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