Road crash kills 3 in Chandpur

Three people were killed and another was injured in a road accident in Bagra Bazar area under Chandpur Sadar upazila last night.

The deceased were identified as Masud Patwari, 50, and Zakir Hossain Liton Hazari, 45,  and Ripon Gazi, 35,  all of them residents of  Kachiara village in  Faridganj Upazila Sadar of  the district.

Officer-in-charge (OC) of Chandpur Model Police Station Md Abdur Rashid said the accident occurred when the  three passengers were coming towards Chandpur by a rickshaw and a cylinder-laden  truck coming from the opposite direction collided head-on around 10.30pm  in the area, the trio were dead on the spot and rickshaw driver Khorshed  Sheikh was injured.

The injured was taken to Chandpur General Hospital, he said.

Police seized the truck and arrested its driver, the OC added.