Ambulance falls into pond with dead body

An ambulance carrying a body fell into a pond at Bagatipara in Natore on Tuesday night leaving seven relatives of the deceased injured, UNB reports.

Confirming the information, Nazmul Haque, officer-in-charge of Bagatipara Police Station, said locals rescued the passengers from the ambulance while the body was handed over to families on Wednesday morning.

The injured passengers were immediately admitted to Upazila Health Complex and a private clinic in Doyarampur, he added.

Abdul Hannan, a relative of the deceased, said his brother-in-law Sadek Ali passed away on Tuesday night at Rajshahi Medical College.

Data released by the Jatri Kalyan Samity on 3 May show that 211 people were killed and 227 others injured in 201 road accidents across the country in one month amid the ‘lockdown’ enforced on 26 March due to COVID-19 pandemic.