DEVELOPING NEWS26 children dead in Ctg crash

Chittagong, July 11 (bdnews24.com)?At least 26 primary school children have died when a pick-up truck veered off the road into a canal in Mirsarai in Chittagong.

Mirsarai Police Station officer-in-charge Iftekhar Hassan on Monday confirmed the figure to bdnews24.com and said over 40 deaths from the accident are feared as more bodies could be trapped inside the sunken truck.

Among the 26 recovered, 11 have been kept at the Mirsarai Upazila Health Complex, 13 at Matrika Hospital, a nearby private clinic, and two at the Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

OC Iftekhar said many relatives had taken away the remains from the scene and thus the number of deaths could not be ascertained.

He said the open truck was carrying a good number of school children who were returning after attending a football tournament.

It fell into a ravine at Bara Takia on Abu Torab Road around 1.45pm.

Police and Fire Service have begun rescue operations, he said.

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