Online Report
Seven members of a family, including three children, were killed after a microbus carrying them fell into a canal loosing control in Noakhali’s Begumganj upazila early Wednesday.
It was learnt that the family members were returning their Laxmipur home after receiving an Oman expatriate member at Dhaka airport.
The deceased were identified as Fayzunnesa Begum, 80, Khurshida Begum, 55, Kabita Begum, 30, Laboni Begum, 30, Reshmi Akter, 10, Mim Akter, 2, Lamia Akter, 9.
Confirming the accident, Chadraganj Highway Police Station OC Md Mobarak Hossain Bhuiyaa said the microbus fell into the roadside canal at Jagdishpur area at about 5AM as the driver fall asleep. Some passengers then managed to get out but seven stuck inside the vehicle. The passengers were also in sleep.