2 killed in Tangail road accident

2 killed in Tangail road accident

Two people were killed and four others were injured as a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Dhanbari in Tangail.

The deceased were identified as Halim, 32, of Jamalpur's Sarishabari upazila and Wazed, 40, of Doyail village in the same upazila.

The incident took place on the Jamalpur-Tangail highway at Chattarkandi in the upazila around 7:30am today.

Dhanbari Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Idris Ali said the accident happened when the Dhaka-bound bus rammed the auto-rickshaw, leaving two passengers of the auto-rickshaw dead on the spot.

Al-Amin, medical officer of Dhanbari Upazila Health Complex, said four people suffered injuries and were brought to the hospital. Three of them were sent to Tangail General Hospital for better treatment.