A case was filed against the driver of the microbus that plunged into a canal in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali allegedly due to the driver falling asleep.
Oman expatriate Mohammad Bahar Uddin, who lost seven of his family members in the road accident, filed the case against microbus driver Enayet Hossain Akbar at Begumganj police station on late Thursday night.
Enayet is the son of the late Foyez Ahmed from Patwari house in Char Chamita area under Hajirpura union of Lakshmipur sadar upazila.
Seven people were killed and four others were injured as a speeding microbus carrying family members of expatriate Bahar plunged into a roadside canal in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali district on early Wednesday.
The deceased were Bahar鈥檚 mother Morshida Begum, 55, his wife Kabita, 24, daughter Mim Akter, 2, maternal grandmother Faizunnessa, 40, sister-in-law (elder brother鈥檚 wife) Laboni Akter, 30, and nieces (Laboni鈥檚 daughters) Lamia, 9 and Reshmi, 8.
Bahar, his father Abdur Rahim, father-in-law Iskandar Mirza, sister-in-law Swity Akter, and brother-in-law Riaz Hossain survived the accident.
The survivors alleged that the driver fell asleep behind the wheel that caused the accident.
