Truck kills 5 in Chattogram

Staff Reporter Published: 25 September 2018, 10:14 AM | Updated: 25 September 2018, 12:23 PM
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.