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5 killed as trawler sinks hitting bulkhead in Dakatia, Chandpur
Engine boat, representational image.
Chandpur, Jan 31 -- Five workers drowned as a soil-laden trawler sank in the Dakatia River off the coast of Chandpur after hitting a bulkhead early Monday.
The deceased were identified as Md Mubarak, 45, Md Awal, 50, Md Nasir, 32, Al-Amin, 35, and Nazrul, 35. They used to work in brick kilns at Maishadi and Shahtali villages of Chandpur.
Shahedul Islam, deputy assistant director of Chandpur Fire Service, said the trawler carrying 11 people capsized in the river at Mominpur in sadar upazila after it crashed into bulkhead MV Iqbal Hossain-1 amid dense fog around 6:45 am .
Six people managed to swim ashore while five others drowned.
On information, divers from the local fire station rushed to the spot and recovered four bodies while local people recovered another body, said the official. - UNB