CHITTAGONG, Feb 3: Three persons were killed in separate road accidents in Mirasarai upazila and Bandar area on Tuesday.
According to Mirasarai police sources the accident took place on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway under Mirashari upazila while a covered van was overtaking a lorry and hit a tree there at around 7:00am killing two persons who included driver and helper of the covered van.
Another accident took place in Customs intersection under Bandar Thana this afternoon. The deceased was identified as Jainal Abedin, 35, son of Abdus Sattar, hailed from Faquirhat.
Nayek Shilabrata Barua of Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) police outpost said, a covered van hit Jainal while he was crossing the road at around 3:20pm. He was an employee of the Chittagong Port.