5 killed as truck runs over auto-rickshaw in Cumilla

Five people were killed and two others injured when a garbage truck ran over a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Cumilla-Sylhet highway at Mainamati Tut Bagan area in Burichang upazila in Cumilla early Friday. 

Of the deceased, four were identified as Julhas Miah, the auto-rickshaw driver and its passengers Jahirul Islam, Jalal and Saiful Islam.

Belal Uddin Jahangir, officer-in-charge of Mainamati Highway Police Station, said the truck ran over the auto-rickshaw around 6:15am, leaving five people dead on the spot and injured two others. On information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies.

The police officer also said, the injured people were admitted to a local hospital. Bodies of the deceased were sent to Cumilla Medical College Hospital for autopsies.