Dhaka – At least seven members of a family were killed in a road accident in the eastern Bangladeshi district of Noakhali, police said on Wednesday.
The accident occurred in the morning when a microbus carrying 12 passengers fell into a roadside canal in Alaiapur of Begumganj upazila, located more than 130 kilometers south-east of the capital Dhaka.
Local Highway police officer Mobarak Hossain said seven among the passengers died on the scene. The others were being treated at a nearby hospital.
He said the vehicle fell into the ditch as the driver lost control of the steering. Those who died mostly drowned in the water. Only five people managed to escape from the water.
The vehicle was carrying family members of an expatriate Bangladeshi living in Oman. The accident occurred while they were travelling from Dhaka to neighbouring Laxmupur district after seeing off the expat, according to the survivors.
