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3 dead as sand pile collapses in Rajbari

GreenWatch Desk Unnarutal death 2023-09-13, 10:08am

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Pile of sand at Kuakata Beach. Representational image.




Three people died when a sand pile collapsed on them while loading it on a truck at Joikura ghat in Sadar upazila of Rajbari district on Tuesday night.

The deceased were identified as Abdur Rahim Sheikh, 55, a sand trader; Maruf Sheikh, 22, driver of an excavator machine; and Ripon Ali alias Imran, 38, driver of the truck in which sand was being loaded.

Quoting local people, Eskarul Islam, officer-in-charge of Rajbari Police Station, said the trio went to load sand around 11 pm.

At one stage, a big chunk of sand collapsed on them, leaving the trio dead on the spot, reports UNB.