2 killed in B’baria road accident

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UNB,Brahmanbaria :

Two people were killed and 2 others injured in a collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Akhaura upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Monday morning.

The deceased were identified as Awal Mia, 50, of Maheshpur village in Nabinagar upazila and Fayez Mia, 45, son of Hekim Bepari of the same village.

However, the identities of the injured could not be known immediately.

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Md Shahjalal Alam, officer-in-charge (OC) of Brahmanbaria Khatihata Highway Police said the Brahmanbaria-bound truck collided with the auto- rickshaw in the morning, leaving two people dead on the spot.

The injured were rushed to a hospital, the OC added.

The truck driver fled the scene immediately after the accident.

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