Five die after car veers into pond in ChandpurFive people have died after a car veered out of control and plunged into a pond in Chandpur's Shahrasti Upazila, bdnews24.com reports. Informed of the incident, members of Shahrasti fire service along with some local volunteers retrieved the five bodies from the pond. All the passengers remained trapped inside the car after it fell into the pond, said Jahangir Alam, who took part in the rescue effort. The bodies have been handed over to police, said Md Shahidul Islam, deputy assistant director of Chandpur fire service. They will be handed back to their loved ones once all the legal formalities have been completed, according to Shahrasti Model Police Station chief Md Abdul Mannan.

Source: bd News24 February 23, 2022 04:59 UTC