Two die as container falls on them in Chattogram

Two rickshaw passengers have been killed as a container from a lorry fell on them in Chattogram city.

The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.

Chattogram EPZ Police Station sub-inspector Rupak Kanti Chowdhury told Jago News a container from a lorry fell on a rickshaw in Patenga Steel Mill Khalpar area around 12 noon, leaving its two passengers dead and the puller injured.

The district Fire Service and Civil Defence assistant director Abdul Maleque told Jago News that they recovered two bodies from under the container by Craine and rescued the rickshaw puller and sent him to a hospital.

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