Girl missing after vehicle plunges into river
A minor girl was missing and three people were injured when a microbus plunged into the Dhaleshwari river being hit by a truck in the rear at Muktarpur Ferry Ghat in Munshiganj yesterday, police said.
They said locals fished out microbus driver Hannan and passengers Tofazzal and Abul Hashem from the sunken vehicle, but did not find Sumaiya Akther, 8.
The accident occurred when the truck laden with potatoes knocked the microbus, parked in front of the ferry. The microbus, carrying the four, went down in the river immediately.
Firefighters from Munshiganj salvaged the microbus at about 3:00pm, three hours after the accident.
Police seized the truck, but the driver made a getaway.
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