At least three people drowned when two engine-boats collided head-on in the Meghna river in Narsingdi on Monday night.
Of the victims, two were identified as Abu Sayeed, 30, and Danish, 26, identity of the other dead, of around 35, could not be known immediately.
Sources said the accident occurred around 10:00pm when two Kalaigobindapur-bound engine-boats, each with some 45 passengers, collided in the middle of the Meghna river as the engine-boats’ drivers could not decide their way in the dark.
All the passengers who fell into the river managed to swim ashore, except the three.
A case was lodged with Narsingdi Sadar Model Police Station in this regard.
Asaduzzaman, officer-in-charge of the police station, said the unidentified body was recovered yesterday and sent to Narsingdi Sadar Hospital morgue for an autopsy.
-With The Daily Star input
