Construction worker missing as trawler capsizes in Pirojpur canal

A construction worker went missing as a trawler capsized in a canal in Pirojpur's Nesarabad upazila last night.

Hasan (30) is from Bakerganj upazila of Barishal, our Pirojpur correspondent reports.

A trawler carrying eight construction workers including Hasan capsized when another trawler coming from opposite direction hit it in Kalibari canal, said Nesarabad Police Station Officer-in-Charge Abir Md Hossain.

Seven other workers managed to swim ashore but Hasan remained missing, the OC said.

Fire fighters and policemen were trying to find Hasan till filing this report around 2:00pm.