Microbus plunges into Hatirjheel
A microbus plunges into Hatirjheel Lake in Dhaka on September 15, 2018, breaking the railing of a bridge. Photo taken from Facebook/ Traffic Alert/ Shawon Casperov
A microbus plunged into the Hatirjheel lake in Dhaka yesterday.
The vehicle fell on the concrete slabs after breaking the railing, and slid into the lake around 5:30am, an eyewitness said.
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Two fire-fighting units rushed to the spot and pulled out the vehicle around 10:50am, Ershad Hossain, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters said.
Saiful Islam, owner of the vehicle, said it was going to Basabo when the incident occurred.
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