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A passenger has died after a collision between two launches
on the Meghna River in Chandpur.
Another passenger was injured when the Tipu-14 vessel from
Dhaka hit the Surovi-8 from Bhola around 12:45 am on Tuesday, according to the
police.
The vessels left the scene before the police arrived, said
Inspector Md Jahangir Hossain Khan of the Chandpur Nilkamal Police Outpost.
Md Sohel, a native of Bhola, was onboard the Surovi-8 and
died in the incident, according to Abul Kalam, chief of Sadarghat River Police
Station.
Kalam added that the collision caused heavy damage to the
cabin section of the Surovi-8.
The vessel reached the Sadarghat at 8 am on Tuesday, with 10
broken iron railings on its second floor, said Transport Inspector ABS Mahmud
of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority.
Both Sohel and the injured passenger were standing near the
railings on the second floor.
Dense fog was reported as a contributing factor in the incident, and authorities will investigate any negligence by the launch captains, said Inspector Mahmud.
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