At least three people were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run-autorickshaw in Bagra Bazar area of Chandpur Sadar upazila on Friday night, police said.
Only one of the deceased — Ripon, 40, a resident of village Brahman Sakua under Bagadi union of Chandpur Sadar — could be identified as of filing this report.
The accident took place at about 9:30pm when the cylinder carrying truck hit the auto-rickshaw coming from the opposite direction near Bagra Bazar area on Chandpur-Raypur highway, said Md Abdur Rashid, officer-in-charge of Chandpur model police station.
The impact of the crash was such that the three people travelling in the auto died on the spot, added the OC.
The bodies were kept in the Chandpur Sadar Hospital, said the OC.
‘Police seized the truck and arrested its driver,’ added OC Abdur Rashid.
