Three youth have been killed and one person has been injured in separate road mishaps in Chittagong district’s Hathazari upazila and Fatickchari upazila.
The deceased were identified as Md Millat, 30, a truck helper, son of late Yusuf of Lakshmipur, Md Roman, 24, son of Nur Hossen, hailing from Chandpur and Md Tamim, 25, of Fatickchari, said police sources.
Officer-in-Charge (OC) (investigation) Salauddin Chowdhury said a bricks-laden truck overturned on the road after the driver lost its control over the steering at Dhonnagar-Sujanagor area of Hathazari in the early hours of Wednesday, leaving the duo dead on the spot.
Being informed, police recovered the body and seized the truck from the spot, said the OC.
Meanwhile, in another accident Tamim was killed when the motorbike carrying the youth turned turtle at Kalarpul area under Gohira union of Raozan.
The youth along with his friends took part a bike racing while he was critically injured overturned his bike at around 1:30pm, said Nayek Jahangir Alam of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) police outpost.
He was taken to CMCH where the on duty doctors declared him dead, said Nayek Jahangir.
Injured Misu, 20, was admitted at CMCH causality ward, he added.