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3 killed as truck, auto-rickshaw collide in Narsingdi

Three people were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Narsingdi on Friday night. 

The accident occurred on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Morjal Shimultoli area in Raipura upazila around 9:45pm. 

Bhairab highway police said, the auto-rickshaw was going to Bhiti Morjal with five passengers in Raipur. When the vehicle reached at Morjal Shimultoli, it collided head-on with the truck coming from opposite direction. At that time, three passengers of the auto-rickshaw died on the spot and two others were injured. 

Topor Uddin, Sub Inspector of Bhairab Highway Model Police Station, said three people died on the spot in the accident. The injured others were recovered and sent to the hospital.