The dead are Kafiluddin,27, Farida Akhter,25, and another unidentified man aged 26.
” The driver was talking over phone while the tempo was heading towards EPZ at break-neck speed. It lost control near Saltgola crossing and hit a port-bound lorry from behind,” SI Md Abu Musa of Port Police Station said.
Police sent the injured to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) with the help of locals, SI Musa added.