At least three persons, including a minor girl and an expatriate, were killed and three others were injured in separate road accidents in Chittagong city and elsewhere in the district on Friday and yesterday.
The deceased were identified as Tufa Aktar, 5, resident of Keranirhat of Satkania, Ismail Hossen Rabbani, 26, a Dubai expatriate residing at the Halishar residential area and Safiul Alam Safi, 37, of the Amatal area of Sitakunda upazila, said police sources.
Md Ramij, sub-inspector of Dohazari Highway police station, said an unidentified vehicle overran Tofa on the Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar highway in the Mowlovidokan area of the upazila at 11am yesterday while the girl was crossing the road, leaving her dead on the spot.
Abdul Majid, officer-in-charge of Akbarshah police station, said Rabbani skidded off his motorbike on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway at the City Gate area near the Glaxo Pharmaceuticals factory around 11pm on Friday night after losing control over the steering.
A truck then smashed into the youth from the back, leaving him dead on the spot. The truck driver fled the scene after the incident, said the OC.
Meanwhile, in another accident, a speeding truck collided with a CNG-driven auto rickshaw, conveying Safi and his family members, from behind at Madambibirhat, Sitakunda upazila, leaving Safi dead on the spot, said Iftekhar Hasan, officer-in-charge of the Sitakunda police station.
Three of Safi’s family members sustained critical injuries and were admitted to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital, the OC added.
