Couldn’t make it to Dhaka
A passenger met a tragic end after being sandwiched between two launches at Patuakhali launch terminal yesterday noon.
The deceased was identified as Kabir Khan, 35, son of Abdur Rashid Khan of Gilabunia village in Patuakhali Sadar upazila.
Mostafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Patuakhali Police Station, said Kabir was trying to get on a Dhaka-bound launch.
At the same time, another launch hit the launch Kabir was trying to board, said the OC. On impact, he fell in between the two lunches -- AR Khan and Sundarban -- and got sandwiched, he added. Locals brought him to Patuakhali General Hospital. He succumbed to his injuries on way to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College hospital, the OC said.
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