6 killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Narsingdi

Six people were killed when a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Narsingdi’s Shibpur on Saturday noon.

Among the dead, two were identified as Abu Bakr, a lecturer at Narsingdi Women’s College, and the auto-rickshaw driver Shahin Mia.

Md Afzal Hossain, the officer-in-charge of Shibpur police station, said a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Pocharbari on the Monohardi-Shibpur road around 12:00 noon, leaving five passengers and driver of the latter vehicle dead on the spot.

Later, the Fire Service and police personnel recovered the bodies.

Nasir Uddin, a witness, said the incident took place when the auto-rickshaw overtook another and rammed into the truck coming from opposite direction.

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