Published on 08:56 AM, May 05, 2015

4 killed in Madaripur road crash

Locals look at a truck which fell into a ditch after it hit a three-wheeler human hauler, leaving four people dead on Dhaka-Barisal highway in Rajoir upazila of Madaripur Tuesday morning. Photo: TV grab

At least four people were killed and as many injured as a truck rammed a three-wheeler human hauler in Rajoir upazila of Madaripur this morning.

Identities of the victims could not be learnt immediately.

The accident took place around 6: 45am on Dhaka-Barisal highway in Tekerhat area when a truck collided head-on with the human hauler, said Mizanur Rahman, assistant sub-inspector of Sendiaghat police outpost.

Four passengers of human hauler died on the spot and four others were injured during the accident, a correspondent from Madaripur reports quoting the ASI.

The injured victims were rushed to Rajoir Upazia Health Complex.