The New Nation - Internet Edition

Chittagong Correspondent

Two watchmen of a container depot were killed when a speeding trailer crushed them under its wheels near the toll plaza of Chittagong Port container terminal yesterday morning.

Police sources said the container-laden trailer knocked the watchmen down while coming out of the container terminal of Ishaq Brothers' Limited at about 10:45 a.m.

Dead watchmen were identified as Ahmed Shafi (45) and M Ismail (36). They died on the spot. Locals caught the trailer but its driver managed to flee away.

Police recovered the bodies and took those to Chittagong Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy.