Thursday, August 7, 2014
2 dead, 100 missing after ferry sinks in Bangladesh
On Monday, after a 200-passenger ferry sank in Bangladesh southwest of the capital city of Dhaka, approximately 100 people were missing, according to the chief of the district administration.
About 100 passengers were rescued from the vessel after it capsized in the Padma river, said Mohammad Sinful Has an Basal, deputy commissioner of Munshiganj district.
Two women that were taken to hospital died and the remainder of those on board were unaccounted for, he said.
"Most of the passengers were coming back to the city after celebrating Eid al-Fitr," Saiful told Reuters, referring to the festival that marks the end of the Ramadan fasting month.
Low-lying Bangladesh, with broad inland waterways and weak safety regulations, has a dreadful record of ferry accidents, with casualties sometimes running into the hundreds. Overcrowding is a common factor.
For more of the Reuters story: reuters.com
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