Sand-laden barge hits trawler in Shitalakkhya killing woman
A woman was killed when a sand-laden barge hit a trawler carrying 20-25 passengers in the river Shitalakkhya in Narayanganj Bandar area yesterday.
Shilpi Akter, 25, of Sonargaon upazila was a worker of a hosiery factory.
Police said when the trawler started sinking after being hit around 10:30am Shilpi, panic-stricken, jumped off the vessel and got her clothes entangled with the engine which dismembered her body.
However, other passengers managed to swim ashore. Police seized the barge.
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