At least three youngsters were killed in two road accidents in Chittagong on Wednesday night.
Of the deceased, two were identified as Md Afsar, 25, a rickshaw passenger, Md Rana, 22, a tempo driver by profession while the third could not be identified immediately.
Nayek Jahagir Alam of Chittagong Medical College Hospital Police Outpost said Afsar sustained critical injuries in a head-on collision between a battery-run rickshaw and truck at around 11:30 at Shantirhat area of Patiya upazila.
Rana was critically injured as a three-wheeler overturned after losing control over the steering at the city’s CEPZ at around 1:00am.
Both of them were taken to the hospital, but on-duty doctors declared them dead, he added.
Meanwhile, a 25-year old man died after he fell under the wheels of a train at Chittagong Railway Station.
Nayek Jahangir said the youth sustained fatal injuries after being crushed under the wheel of Chittagong bound “Suborno Express” train at around 11:00 pm. He was also taken to the hospital, the on-duty doctors declared him dead.
