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Road crash kills three, injures one in Chittagong
Three people died while one suffered injuries after a truck slammed into an autorickshaw in Chittagong.
Published : 27 March 2018, 07:00 AM
Updated : 17 Feb 2020, 09:46 AM
Police said the incident took place at Oxygen-Hathazari road in the port city around 1:30am Tuesday.
The dead have been identified as Md Nantu, 28, Md Rafiq, 22, and Md Jamshed, 30. Md Rezaul Akbar, 32, was injured.
All of the victims are from the same family, according to Inspector Abul Kamal of Bayazid Bostami Police Station.
“Four of them were heading to Fatikchhari on an autorickshaw that got hit by a truck form the opposite direction,” he said.
The victims were taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where doctors declared Nantu and Rafiq dead, said CMCH police outpost’s ASI Alauddin Talukder.
Jamshed died early on Tuesday while Md Rezaul Akbar is taking treatment at the hospital.
Police seized the truck but the driver fled immediately after the crash.
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