Two teens killed in Munshiganj car accident

Two teenagers were killed and another injured when their car plunged into a canal in Tongibari upazila of Munshiganj early Saturday, police said.

The deceased were identified as Saiful Islam Jisan, 17 and Fahim, 15, a Class X student of Munshiganj High School in the upazila. All the three were friends.

Soyeb Ali, officer-in-charge of Tongibari Police Station, said the accident occurred around 3.30 am when the car fell into the canal from an under-construction bridge in Aldi, leaving the two dead on the spot.

The injured is being treated at a local hospital, he said.

Fahima Akter Rupa, sister of Jisan, said Jisan, along with his two friends -- Fahim and Jihad -- went for a drive in the dead of the night, UNB reports.

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