Youth dies as picnic vehicle plunges into roadside ditch

A youth was killed as a picnic microbus he was in fell into a ditch beside Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Mirsarai upazila of Chittagong yesterday.

Md Azizul, 24, of Narayanganj, was going to Cox's Bazar with around 12 of his friends for a picnic.

The accident occurred as the driver lost control over the vehicle near Barioarhat Bazar around 7:00am.

Aziz was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital where he was declared dead, said Nayek Rashik Chakma of CMCH police camp.