Three workers of a contractor firm were killed and another was injured when a lorry knocked them down on Dhaka-Ctg highway at Talbaria BISIC road in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram district on Saturday.
The deceased were identified as Alamgir alias Alam, 45, Shafiqul Islam, 42 and Masud Mia, 35.
Quoting witnesses, Sohel Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Jorarganj Highway Police Station, said the four workers were installing a pipeline of Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company on the east side of the highway.
At one stage, a lorry hit them and then crashed into a tree, leaving the workers injured.
Later, they were taken to Mirsarai Upazila Health Complex where the doctors pronounced three of them dead.
Another victim was shifted to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital.
Police also seized the lorry but could not arrest its driver and helper as they managed to flee the scene.
