UNB, Sylhet
Five people including four members of a family were killed and two others injured when a truck rammed a CNG run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Tamabil highway at Pakhibil in Jointapur upazila on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Hossain Ahmed, 35, driver of the CNG run auto-rickshaw, Sadia Begum, 35, wife of Jamal Ahmed, their four month old baby boy Shahadat Hossain, daughter Sabia Begum, 7, and Habibunnesa, 33, sister-in-law of Sadia.
The accident occurred around 6:45 am when the Jaflong-bound stone-laden truck hit the Sylhet-bound CNG- run auto-rickshaw, leaving five people dead on the spot and two others injured, said Dastagir Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Jointapur Police Station.
The injured- Mohammad Zakaria, 50, brother-in-law of Sadia and his wife Hasina Begum, 40, of Rupchang village in the upazila, were taken to a local hospital.
