Two killed in Dhaka as auto-rickshaw crashes into truck

Two people were killed and two others injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashed into a truck parked on the road in Shanir Akhra area of Jatrabari early Friday.

The deceased were identified as Md Momin Mia, 37, driver of the auto-rickshaw and hailed from Dayakanda area under Araihazar Police Station in Narayanganj and Palash Sheikh, 50, from Urpara village under Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj. 

Jatrabari Police Station sub-inspector Md Salman said a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashed into a truck parked on the road in front of Dania University College around 5 am, leaving four injured.

They were rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where the on-duty doctors declared two dead, he added.

Quazi Al Amin/SU