A total of eight members of two families were killed when a private car fell into a canal in Pirojpur Sadar Upazila. The accident took place in the Noorani Gate area of Pirojpur-Nazirpur road at around 2:30 am on Wednesday. The dead include two men, two women and four children.
The persons killed in this incident are Motaleb (45) of Kholachar neighborhood of Sherpur, his wife Sabina Akhter (30), daughter Mukta (12) and son Swaib (2) and Shaon Mridha (32) of Hoglabunia village of Nazirpur upazila of Pirojpur, his wife Amena Begum (29). ), sons Shahadat (10) and Abdullah (3).
After receiving the information about the accident, the fire service personnel went to the spot and recovered the bodies of eight people from inside the car at around three o'clock yesterday night. Later their bodies were taken to Pirojpur Sadar Hospital Mortuary.
Shaon Mridha's relative Murad said, the private car was supposed to go to Dhaka from Kuakata beach in Patuakhali via Nazirpur in Pirojpur.
In this regard, Pirojpur Additional Superintendent of Police Mukit Hasan Khan said that his identity was initially known from the identity card found with one of the dead named Motaleb. He was serving in the army.
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