Two teenagers were killed and a third was taken to hospital after their motorcycle went out of control and hit an electric pole in Subarnachar, Noakhali.
The accident happened on Thursday (12 November) afternoon near the big bridge on the Bhuiyarhat road in the upazila.
The dead
The dead are Md Shahadat Hossain, son of Md Abu Taher of Adarsha village in the embankment area of East Char Bata union, Subarnachar, and Md Abdul Karim, 17, son of Md Kamal of the Shiuli Ekram Bazar area of Haji village in the same upazila.
How it happened
According to local sources, three friends, among them Abdul Karim, a class 10 student at East Char Bata School and College, and Shahadat, a brick kiln worker, were riding a motorcycle from Kanchan Bazar to Bhuiyarhat Bazar. Coming down from a bridge under construction, the motorcycle lost control on sand spread across the road and hit an electric pole beside it. All three riders were seriously injured.
The injured teenager
Local people rescued the injured and rushed them to the Subarnachar Upazila Health Complex, where the doctor on duty declared two of the teenagers dead. The third was in critical condition and has been sent to Dhaka for better treatment.
What police said
Md Rafiqul Hasan, officer in charge of Char Jabbar police station, confirmed the accident. “Police visited the scene after being informed. Two teenagers were killed in the accident. The other injured person has been sent to Dhaka for better treatment,” he said.
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