3 killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Sylhet

Three people were killed and three others injured as a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sylhet-Tamabil road in Sylhet Sadar upazila last night.

Two of the deceased were identified as Rafiq Miah, 35, Babul Madan, 30, of Pirerbazar area while identity of another dead victim, aged about 27, could not be known immediately, our Moulvibazar correspondent reports quoting Mizanur Rahman, a sub-inspector of Tamabil highway police.

The SI said a Tamabil-bound truck from Sylhet city hit an oncoming three-wheeler at Pirerbazar point around 10:45pm, killing three people on the spot.

The injured people including driver of the auto-rickshaw are undergoing treatment at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital.