A head-on collision between a passenger launch and an oil tanker in the Meghna River left around 30 passengers injured in Chandpur yesterday morning.
The launch, which was carrying around 400 people, was severely damaged, although it did not sink.
Many of the injured were in critical condition. They were taken to different hospitals and clinics in Chandpur.
Witnesses said the three-storey launch Sonar Tori, which left Dhaka around 7:30am, was hit by the speeding oil tanker MV Samiya 2, coming from the opposite direction, in Mohanpur area.
The front side of the launch was smashed, leaving around 30 passengers injured. A large number of them fell off the launch or jumped into the river for safety, said the witnesses.
A port official in Chandpur, Mobarak Hossain, said the incident might have happened because of the heavy fogs.
A case was filed by the launch’s owner.
