Eight members of two families, including four children and two women, have lost their lives after a private car carrying them lost control and fell into a roadside canal in Pirojpur.
Among the deceased, four were children, two were men and two others were women, said police.
The accident took place at Nurani gate area on Najirpur road under Pirojpur’s Sadar upazila late yesterday (9 October).
Upon receiving the information, fire service members recovered eight bodies from the spot. Based on information obtained from a mobile phone recovered from the spot, it is being assumed that the deceased hailed from Sherpur district.
Contacted, Additional Superintendent of Police of Pirojpur Mukit Hasan said, “Police recovered the NID card of one of the victims from the car and identified him as Abdul Motalib. Police is trying to confirm the identity of the other deceased, but it is yet to be confirmed from where the car came from and where it was going.”
The bodies have been kept in Pirojpur Sadar hospital morgue, he added.
