3 Kids Missing, 1 Dead as Speedboat Capsized Near Sandwip

Three kids are still missing after a speedboat capsized near Sandwip's Guptachhara Ghat, the upazila administration said at noon on Wednesday (April 20). However, 18 people have been rescued alive in this incident.

Earlier, the local administration had said that the body of a child had been recovered in the incident.

Sandwip Upazila Nirbahi Officer Samrat Khisa said, "We rushed to the ghat as soon as we got the news of the incident. The body of a child has been recovered from the capsized speedboat. We also learned that the three kids are still missing. However, the hopeful news is that other passengers were rescued immediately after the accident. "

"We are at the scene," said Nayan Sheel, assistant director of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) in Chittagong. Most of the passengers on the speedboat were rescued. However, we have learned that three kids are missing.

Incidentally, a speedboat with 22 passengers capsized at Guptachhara Ghat on the Sandwip waterway at around 10:30 am on Wednesday when a strong wind blew and high tide on the sea. The body of a child has been recovered in this incident.