3 die in Sirajganj road crash

At least three persons were killed when a speedy truck hit a battery-run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-North Bengal highway in Sirajganj in the early hours of Wednesday, UNB reports.

The deceased were identified as Haider Ali, 55, son of Phulchand; Khoda Baksh, 35, son of Motahar Hossain of Ullapra upazila, and Shahadat Hossain, 50, of Kamarkhand upazila. The victims were all occupants of the auto-rickshaw.

Shahjahan Ali, officer-in-charge of Hatikumrul Highway police station, said the Rajshahi-bound truck rammed the auto-rickshaw near Pachalia Bazar in Sirajganj's Ullapara upazila around 5.30 am after its driver lost control of the vehicle.

Driver of the auto-rickshaw died on the spot. The remaining two, both passengers, later succumbed to their injuries, the OC said.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent them to the local hospital morgue for autopsy.