Police and locals said a jeep carrying passengers from Bhatiari to Boro Dighir par skidded off the Bhatiari link road and fell into a ditch at around 3:00pm, killing three women on the spot and injuring 16 others.

One of the dead was identified as Shammi Akhter, 35, wife of Mohammad Sekandar Mia of Sitakunda. Shammi died on way to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, while the rest are undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Identity of the remaining three dead could not be known.