Road crash kills 6 of a family

Seven people, including six members of a family, were killed when a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at West Mandarin in Lakshmipur sadar upazila early Wednesday, reports UNB.

The deceased are Rokeya Begum, Shah Alam, Shamsunnahar, Nasima Begum, Rubel, Amit and CNG driver Nur Hossain.

The accident took place around 3:30am when a truck hit the Chandraganj-bound CNG-run auto-rickshaw, leaving its passengers and the driver dead on the spot, said Shahjahan, inspector of Chandraganj Highway police.

On information, police recovered the bodies and sent those to local hospital morgue.