Shipwreck in Bangladesh kills at least 6 people

Bangladesh Fire Department official Rozina Akhter said they could not determine how many people were on board at the time of the incident. shipwreck this.

Local media reported that between 30 and 50 people were on board the ship when the collision happened on the Shitalakshya River in Narayanganj, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on March 20.

Rescuers from the Bangladesh Fire and Civil Defense Department found the bodies of two children, two women and a man in the water. Another victim died at the hospital.

According to local police, nearly 20 people were able to swim to shore after the domestic cargo ship MV Ruposhi-9 collided with the MV Afsaruddin.

Footage broadcast by local media showed people shouting the alarm and jumping into the water as the boat quickly sank.

Coast Guard and divers assisted in rescue efforts.

Rescue workers retrieve the body of a victim from a shipwreck on the Shitalakshya River in Narayanganj, Bangladesh on March 20, 2022. (Photo: Reuters)

Boat accidents are common in Bangladesh, with authorities blaming poor vehicle maintenance, lax safety standards and overcrowding.

According to official statistics, more than 3,600 people died and nearly 500 people were missing in more than 550 cases waterway accident in Bangladesh from 1991 to 2020.

In December 2021, nearly 50 people were killed and more than 70 injured when a train caught fire in the southern rural town of Jhalokati.

A ship sank in Dhaka in June 2020 after colliding with another ship, killing dozens of people.

At least 78 people died in February 2015 when an overloaded ship collided with a freighter in a river west of the Bangladeshi capital.

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