A 38-year-old man and his 9-month-old son were killed while three others sustained injuries after a lorry hit a rickshaw carrying them to a shopping plaza in Chittagong on Saturday.
The deceased are Abu Saleh and his son Abdullah Al Momin of the Bandartila area of Chittagong’s Patenga.
The three injured — Saleh's wife, their second child and the rickshaw puller — have been hospitalized.
Nurul Huda, officer-in-charge of Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) police station, said the accident occurred around 11am near Bandartila Shah Plaza Market.
"The lorry hit the rickshaw carrying Saleh, his wife and their two children to Bay Shopping Centre inside CEPZ from the Patenga Steel Mill area, leaving the two dead on the spot," he said.
Following the accident, locals vandalized the lorry, triggering a major traffic snarl in the area. The locals dispersed after being placated by police.
