At least three people were killed as a speeding truck rammed their motorbike near Ispahani Rail Gate area under Akbar Shah Police Station of Chittagong city early today.

The deceased were identified as Kamrul Islam, 27, Md Nizam, 32, and Md Rezaul, 30, Alamgir Mahmud, officer-in-charge (OC) of Akbar Shah Police Station, told our Chittagong staff correspondent. 

The accident took place around 3:30am, leaving two of the victims dead on the spot, the OC said.

Nizam and Rezaul were killed on the spot while Kamrul succumbed to his injury at Chittagong Medical College Hospital around 5.00am, he said.

Police, however, seized the truck and detained the driver along with his associate, he added.

Bodies of the deceased were sent to Chittagong Medical College for autopsy, the OC said.