4 killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Jamalpur
Four persons were killed and three others suffered injuries in a head-on collision between a battery-run-auto rickshaw and a truck in Jamalpur Sadar upazila this afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Solaiman, 55, Abdul Mojid, 48, Shahed Ali, 60 and Joynal, 42.
Shah Newaz, officer-in-charge of Jamalpur Sadar Police Station, said the accident took place in Ranagacha area on Jamalpur-Mymensingh highway around 2:00pm.
The truck collided with the auto-rickshaw coming from opposite direction after the truck driver lost control, he told our local correspondent.
Four persons died so far. The injured were taken to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, the OC said adding all the victims are passengers of the auto-rickshaw.
Police seized the truck but its driver managed to flee.
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