BSS, Chittagong :
At least three people including an auto-rickshaw driver were killed and another was injured in a road accident on Chittagong-Kaptai road at Bodhupara area under Raozan Upazila of the district on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Subol Dhar, 50, Jasim Uddin, 38 and auto-rickshaw driver Ilias, 27, hailed from different areas under Raozan Upazila.
The injured was Illias Hossain, an engineer of Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board, Raozan.
Police and eyewitness said the accident occurred when a brick-laden mini-truck collided head-on with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw around 5.30pm.
Auto-rickshaw driver Ilias died on the spot while two others succumbed to their injuries at different hospitals, police said adding that the truck was detained but its driver managed to escape after the accident.
At least three people including an auto-rickshaw driver were killed and another was injured in a road accident on Chittagong-Kaptai road at Bodhupara area under Raozan Upazila of the district on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as Subol Dhar, 50, Jasim Uddin, 38 and auto-rickshaw driver Ilias, 27, hailed from different areas under Raozan Upazila.
The injured was Illias Hossain, an engineer of Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board, Raozan.
Police and eyewitness said the accident occurred when a brick-laden mini-truck collided head-on with a CNG-run auto-rickshaw around 5.30pm.
Auto-rickshaw driver Ilias died on the spot while two others succumbed to their injuries at different hospitals, police said adding that the truck was detained but its driver managed to escape after the accident.
