Truck hits auto-rickshaw: 7 killed

At least seven people were killed when a sand-loaded truck hit an auto-rickshaw head-on at Tarakanda in Mymensingh district.

Six of the victims were identified as Monir Hossain, 40, his wife Kochi Akter, 35, their daughter ‘Mim’, 7, Ayesha Akter, 25, Asma Akter, 20, all from Durgapur of Netrakona, and auto-rickshaw driver Habibur Rahman.

Officer-in-charge of Tarakanda Police Station Mazharul Haque said, ‘The accident occurred at Dayarampur on Mymensingh-Natrakona road on Sunday evening’