Man drowns, 10 hurt as boat capsizes in Titas

The dead is Abdul Latif, 70.

The boat capsized when a trawler hit a passenger boat from the opposite direction at Shitarampur ferry 'ghat' (terminal) in the Titas in Nobinagar upazila.

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A boat loaded with 30 passengers was coming to Brahmanbaria from Barikandi village in dense fog, according to eye- witnesses, hospital and police sources. When the boat was passing through the ghat, a big trawler hit it from the opposite direction.

Injured passengers were sent to Nabinagar Upazila Health Complex.

Acting on information, a police team rushed there. The autopsy of the body was done at Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital.