Four people were killed when a truck hit an auto-rickshaw on the Hossainpur-Kishoreganj road in Hossainpur upazila of Kishoreganj on Thursday.
The victims were identified as Alam Mia, 40, the auto-rickshaw driver; and passengers of the vehicle -- Tamim Hossain, 12; Mizanur Rahman, 26, and Abdul Motalab, 70. Quoting locals, Asaduzzaman Titu, officer-in-charge of Hossainpur Police Station, said the four sustained critical injuries when a truck crashed into them in Adu Master Bazar area in Hossainpur around 1:30pm.
They were taken to Hossainpur upazila health complex, where two of them died. The two others were referred to Shaheed Syed Nazrul Islam Medical College and Hospital in Kishoreganj, where they died in the afternoon.
Police seized the truck and arrested its driver. A case was filed.
