DHAKA, Jun 23 (NNN-BSS) – At least nine people died, after a microbus and an auto-rickshaw carrying wedding party guests, plunged into a canal, following the collapse of a dilapidated bridge in Barguna district, some 180 km south of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka.
The accident occurred around 2:00 p.m. local time, yesterday, as the bridge gave way, sending both vehicles into the canal, Kazi Sakhawat Hossain Topu, officer-in-charge of Barguna’s local Amtali Police Station, said.
“Rescuers have pulled out nine bodies from the canal,” he said, adding that, 10 other people were injured in the accident.– NNN-BSS
