4 auto-rickshaw passengers killed

Four people were killed and two others injured as a truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Ullapara upazila on Monday night, reports news agency UNB.

Two of the deceased were identified as Bachchu, 25, and Alamgir, 27.

All the 4 deceased hailed from Ashutushpur in Sadar upazila of Pabna.

Officer-in-charge of Ullapara police station Tajul Huda said the truck smashed the three-wheeler at Shyamolypara on Bogra-Nagarbari highway at around 10:30pm, leaving its three passengers dead on the spot and two others injured.

On information, police recovered the bodies.

The victims were going to Pabna from Hatikumrul in Sirajganj, said the OC.