Teen killed as bike crashes into tree

A teenage boy was killed and two others were injured on Thursday noon as a bike crashed into a tree in Chandpur, reports UNB.

The accident occurred near the Badarpur area on the Hajiganj-Kachua-Gouripur road of Hajiganj upazila.

The deceased was identified as Osman Gani, son of one Tajul Islam of Mulpara village in Faridganj upazila. Arif Hossain, 17, and Rony, 17, his friends from Mokimabad village—are being treated at a hospital.

“The three friends were going to Hajiganj Bazar on the bike when the one riding it lost control of the two-wheeler and rammed a roadside tree, leaving all of them severely injured,” said Harun Ur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Hajiganj police station.

Locals rescued the three and took them to Upazila Health Complex, where Gani was declared dead on arrival.

“The two injured have been shifted to Cumilla Medical College Hospital,” said Shoeb Ahmed Chishti, chief medical officer of Upazila Health Complex.

The body of the deceased was sent for an autopsy, said OC Harun.