Bulkhead rams ferry 'Kakli' on the Padma, 11-year-old child dies after head strikes a bus
An 11-year-old child has died in a collision between a ferry and a bulkhead in the Berachakki channel of the Padma River on the Shariatpur-Chandpur river route. The accident happened at around 9am on Friday (13 November), and another child was injured.
The dead child's identity was not immediately known. The injured child was sent by speedboat to a hospital in Chandpur.
According to BIWTC and eyewitness sources, the ferry 'Kakli' had left Chandpur for the Narsingpur ferry ghat in Shariatpur. After crossing the main part of the Meghna River, as it entered the Berachakki channel in Shariatpur at around 9am, a bulkhead rammed the ferry from behind.
The impact made several standing passengers lose their balance and fall. The 11-year-old child's head struck the body of a bus on the ferry, and the child died on the spot. Another child was injured.
After the collision, the driver fled with the bulkhead. The naval police are trying to identify and arrest the bulkhead and its driver.
Iqbal Hossain, deputy manager of BIWTC's Narsingpur ferry ghat, said the bulkhead hit the ferry from behind as it entered the channel, causing many standing passengers to lose their balance and fall, and a child died after its head struck the bus. He said the police were informed and had reached the scene and begun an investigation.
