A woman and her two children died after a haystack collapsed on them at Fulgazi upazila in Feni district on Wednesday morning.
The accident took place at Dakshin Dharmapur village under Amjadhat union of the upazila at around 11 am.
The deceased were Sumi Akter, 35, wife of Bahrain expatriate Tipu Alam, a resident of that area, and her two children Shahid, 5, and Siam, 2.
According to police and locals, Sumi Akter was cutting hay for her cattle in the morning next to a pile of hay. At that time, her two children were playing next to her. Suddenly the haystack collapsed on them.
Later, they were rescued from there and taken to Chhagalnaiya Upazila Health Complex where the on-duty doctor declared them dead.
Fulgazi Police Station officer-in-charge Abul Hasim confirmed the news.
