One killed, 20 hurt as trawlers collide in river Turag
A correspondent, Gazipur
A woman was killed and 20 others were injured while two people allegedly remained missing as a sand laden trawler collided with a passenger trawler in the river Turag at Jaluabhati of Kalialoir upazila in Gazipur yesterday. The dead is Bimola Khatun (45), wife of Abdus Sabur, the headmaster of Rover Palli High School. She was returning home from Thangerband village of Madhyapara Union. Five people, who were severely injured, were rushed to the Orthopaedics hospital in Dhaka. Others were admitted to local hospitals and clinics. Witnesses and injured passengers said that the passenger trawler collided with 'Nur-er-Alo', a sand laden trawler coming from the opposite direction, at Jaluabhati point at about 10 am. The Shakaswar Bazaar-bound passenger trawler was coming from Bhaowal Mirzapur with 40 passengers. Meanwhile, sources said, two passengers went missing. Bimola died on the spot while 37 passengers managed to reach the bank of the river.
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