Two killed, three injured in road crash

Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway came to a halt for nearly three hours yesterday following a road accident that killed two people and injured three others.
Police quoting witnesses said the accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound oil tanker rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Magpukur in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong at about 11:00am.
Two passengers of the three-wheelers -- Wasim, 27, of Kumira in Chittagong and Yunus, 30, of Hatiya in Noakhali, died on the spot while the auto-rickshaw driver, Delwar Hossain, 27, sustained serious injuries, said Wahidur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Highway Police Station at Baro Awlia in the upazila.
Delwar Hossain was undergoing treatment at Chittagong Medical College Hospital while the other two, whose identity could not be confirmed, received treatment from Sitakunda Upazila Health Complex.
Hundreds of vehicles got stranded on both the sides of the highway following the accident.
A case was filed in this connection.