Three people including a child were killed and four injured as two launches collided in Meghna river at Srinagar village of Narsingdi Sadar upazila this evening.
The deceased passengers -- Jisan, 8, Ambia Begum, 60, and another person whose identity was not known immediately, died when the Nabinagar-bound launch carrying them capsizes after it collided with another launch around 9:00am, our Narsingdi correspondent reports quoting Abul Kashem, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sadar Police Station.
The four passengers who were hurt went back to their homes after receiving first aid.
Locals rescued the injured victims from the river, the police official said.