5 die in Narayanganj road crash

Five people were killed and another was injured as a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj this morning.

Agitated locals vandalised the truck and set it on fire, halting traffic movement on Mohonpur-Bhulta-Joydebpur road for 20 minutes, said Md Mahmudul Islam, officer-in-charge of Rupganj Police Station.  

Identities of both the deceased and injured could not be known immediately, reports our Narayanganj correspondent.

Police said the truck hit the three-wheeler near Kanchan Zinda Park around 9:00am, killing four auto-rickshaw passengers on the spot and injuring two others.

The injured were rushed to Rupganj Upazila Health Complex where one of them succumbed later.

Protesting the accident, local people took to the street and put barricade at the scene.

On information, police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.