At least eight young fishermen were injured as a sand-laden cargo vessel crashed into three fishing trawlers in Tetulia river in Charfashion upazila on Sunday night.
Local sources said the Shashibhuson-bound cargo vessel ‘MV Shah Amanat’ loaded with sand from Chittagong hit the three trawlers with at least 15 young fishermen on board while they were catching fish in the river on the north side of Charmotahar at about 9:30pm.
All the three trawlers moved with heavy jerks causing all the young fishermen fall off into the river.
Some fishermen from other trawlers around who saw the incident rescued eight of them with injuries.
Seven other young fishermen–Ripon,8, Zafar, 10, Parvez,8, Abbas,8, Muin, 10, Raihan, 9 and Anwar, 10– remained missing as of filing this report at 10:00am. -UNB, Bhola
