Truck kills 5 in Chattogram
At least five people were killed as a truck hit them at Jorarganj area on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Mirsarai upazila on Tuesday morning.
The deceased were identified as CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver Shah Alam, 40, Didarul Alam, 35, Kamrul, 45, Mosaraf, 26 and Mohiuddin, 60.
Sohel Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Jorarganj Highway Police Station, said a truck hit a standing CNG-run auto-rickshaw after its driver lost control over the steering, leaving four people dead on the spot.
Later another person died on the way to Chittagong Medical College Hospital.