cargo boat capsized yesterday following a collision with an oil tanker in the Meghna river in Hizla upazila of Barisal.
Eight other crewmembers were rescued after the accident.
The oil tanker OT Raida coming from Chittagong hit the Dhaka-bound cargo boat MV Wising around 4:30am at Gol-Boya point, said police and rescued crew of the sunken boat.
Jamal Molla, chairman of local union parishad, said locals with the help of police and fishermen rescued eight of the missing people.
Mamunur Rashid, master of the sunken cargo, said four crewmembers were missing.
An investigation team of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, led by its Deputy Director Abdur Rahim, reached the spot in the afternoon.
Dr Abdur Rahim, deputy inspector general of police, Barisal range, said they have alerted different police stations to seize the oil tanker.
Source : The Daily Star
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