A bike ride to a local market in Chandpur turned tragic for three friends, all minors, on Thursday noon as their bike crashed into a tree, killing one on the spot and injuring two others.
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 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 injuries," 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 Dr Shoeb Ahmed Chishti, chief medical officer of Upazila Health Complex.
The body of the deceased was sent for an autopsy, said OC Harun.