Mother, 2 children die as haystack falls on them in Feni

A woman and her two children died as a haystack collapsed on them at Dakkhin Dharmapur village in Fulgazi upazila of Feni district yesterday morning.

The deceased were identified as 35-year-old Sumi Akter, wife of Tipu Sultan, a Bangladeshi expatriate in Bahrain, and her two children -- Shahid, 5 and Siam, 2.

Abul Hashim, officer-in-charge of Fulgazi Police Station, said Sumi was cutting hay from the haystack for feeding cattle in the morning.

Her two children were also with her at the time.

At one stage, the haystack collapsed on them, leaving them dead on the spot.

Locals took them to Chhagalnaiya Sadar Hospital where doctors declared them brought dead.